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it in position when fixed, the sketch explains itself. This ' eke ' 

 may be used for giving space below combs in winter, and, having 

 served this purpose, by reversing and setting it above frames in 



Fig. 11.— *Kke.' 



early spring, it helps in ' tucking in ' additional warm wrappings. 

 Finally, when set below the shallow frame box (Fig. 6), it converts 

 the latter into a full-sized brood-chamber for standard frames. 



January 1904. W. B. C. 



In the foregoing somewhat lengthy description we have given 

 full details of the ' W. B. C. ' hive, in order that there may be no 

 mistake with regard to the form and measurements of its various 

 parts. It was absolutely necessary to do this in view of the 

 numerous so-called ' W. B. 0. ' hives now on the market, differing 

 more or less in important details to ^uch an extent that we decline 

 to acknowledge the right of makers to so designate them. 



At the same time we admit the difficulty some amateur joiners 

 will find in working out a necessarily long array of figures and frac- 

 tions of inches. The same thought evidently occurred to our friend 

 Mr. Bobert Peebles, of Edinburgh, an experienced bee-keeper, who 

 himself used no other hive but the one in question. Anyway, Mr. 

 Peebles some years ago kindly took the trouble to write for publica- 

 tion in the British Bee Journal an alternative plan, which would 

 , not only overcome the difficulty, but, as he said, would render ' the 

 making of a " W. B. C. " hive as plain as A B C 



We therefore append Mr. Peebles' plan — with his own illustra- 

 tions — as described by himself. 



Mb. Pbbbibs' Plan of Making a ' W. B. C. ' Hive, 



In order to assist those who are able and willing to help them- 

 selves in constructing a ' W. B. C hive, I have prepared a plan and 



