120 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
the Cheshire and Philadelphia hives, its hinged 
portion falls back over the flight-hole, instead of at 
the side—an arrangement which is by no means an 
essential in every case, but practically important 
when the stock-hive has one window, and one only, 
and that one behind; again, it is indispensable to 
the side opening that the hives in the apiary should 
have plenty of room between them. The two figures 
sufficiently explain the construction of the cover 
before us—the portico, slides, and alighting-board in 
the first, and the chain and falling flap in the 
