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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



effectually to carry away drip, and has a channel near 

 its front edge, which acts as a gutter, by which the 

 rain is conveyed to its ends. This gutter is shown in 

 the cross section, Fig. ii, at E. The bottom -board 

 of the hive projects 2\ inches along the front, so as to 

 form a very convenient alighting board. The flight-hole 

 is lo inches in length, and is formed by cutting from the 

 hive-wall a piece a full ^ inch deep (see G, Fig. n). F, 

 Fig. II, is screwed [on beneath the porch roof to give it 

 additional stability, and also to provide the groove for 

 two sliding shutters (shown in Fig. ii), by which the 

 entrance way may be regulated as occasion may require. 



Upon the upper part of the ends of these are two small 

 studs preventing the shutters from meeting, so that the 

 entrance can only be reduced to about half an inch. 



