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MODERN BEEHIVES. 



[Ch. III. 



ing each comb to be withdrawn without risk of scraping 

 the next. The cover, it will be seen, opens at one side, 



as does the stock hive. The floor-board draws out on 

 the plan adopted by Mr. Cheshire. 



There is a straw crown-board with a feeding-hole, 

 which in summer is replaced by a queen-preventing zinc 



