HIVE STANDS OR PEDESTALS. 79 
they can be adapted equally well to round as to 
square hive-boards. It may be well also to observe 
that, instead of sinking a pedestal into the earth, 
where decay soon ensues, it can be fixed upon 
strong cross pieces or feet, these being fastened 
to the ground by pins passing downwards through 
them. Pedestals of this description can, if preferred, 
be bought of the manufacturers ready made. 
Where there are a number of hives, instead of a 
separate stand for each, they may be placed more eco- 
nomically, and perhaps safely, on what I term a hive- 
range, of any required length. The range consists 
simply of a couple of rails, about an inch thick, and 
four inches in depth, nailed to the top outer edge of a 
series of posts, fixed firmly in or on the ground, and 
about eighteen inches high. The space between the 
rails may be about twelve inches, measured within- 
side. The most suitable hive-board for a range is that 
shown at page 74. The cross-bars on its underneath 
side must be so cut in point of length as to fall within 
the two rails, where they are held; whilst what re- 
mains of the width of the board lodges upon them, 
