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three feet long. The cover (Fig. 163, g), which is removed 

 ill figure, is large enough to cover tlie top and project one 

 inch at both ends. It should be battened, and held in one 

 piece by cleats (Fig. 163, ]i) four inches wide, nailed on to 

 the ends. These will drop over the ends of the box, and thus 

 ho_ld_ the_ cover in place, and prevent rain and snow from 

 driving in. When in place this slanting cover permits the 

 rain to run off easily, and will dry quickly after a storm. 

 By a single nail at each corner the four sides may be tacked 

 together about the hive, when it can be packed in with cut 



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straw (Fig. 163), or fine chaff", which should be carefully done, 

 if the day is cold, so as not to disquiet the bees. At the cen- 

 tre and bottom of the east side (Fig. 163, c), cut out a 

 square, eight inches each way, and between this and the hive 

 place a bottomless tube (the top of this tube is represented as 

 removed in figure to show entrance to hive), before putting 

 in the cut straw or chaff and adding the cover. This box 

 should be put in place before the bleak cold days of Novem- 

 ber, and retained in position till the stormy winds of April are 



