HIVES. 



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the upper story should fit 

 easily over the hive-body, the 

 fillet keeping it securely in 

 place. All these pieces should 

 be made of 5-inch wood (ex- 

 cepting L and M, which 

 should be ^-inch), planed on 

 one side. It will be found 

 very convenient to have fixed on at the left side a pair of 

 hinges, one flange screwed on the under edge of the fillet, 

 the other on the hive's side beneath ; and on the back 

 fillet at a, and on the back of the hive-body 3J inches 

 below that point, screw in an iron ring, and connect these 

 two rings together with 27 inches of chain or cord, which 

 will permit the hive cover to be raised without removal 

 from the hive ; it will be found a great convenience. 



The whole externally should now be well painted 

 with three or four coats of light-coloured paint, and will 

 then be ready for furnishing with the frames. Slips of 



g wood, as Q, R and S, _^^ 



(10 pieIes) will make these and (zo p/'ecev) 



Fig. 32. should be nailed to- Fig. 33. 



gether as P : Q should be made of 3-8th-inch wood, R 

 and S of j-inch, and they need not be planed. Now 

 having at hand some bell-staples or French wire-nails, 



g 



{10 Pieces) 



Fig. 34- 



Fig. 35- 



drive one into the side of the top bar on the left hand 

 side, as at a, and one into the opposite side at b ; these 

 pins are for distance guides, and should project i9-32nds 



