HIVES. 



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hive, — are made as follows : First, get out a triangular 

 piece of wood, each side au inch, and eighteen inches 

 long ; nail this to one one-fourth inch thick, one inch wide, 

 and twenty and one-fourth long. Each end then projects 



Fig. 9. — SIMPLE MOVABLE COMB HIVE. 



beyond the triangular j)iece one and one-eighth inch. 

 Next, get two strips seven-eighths inch wide, by one-fourth 

 inch thick, and eleven inches in length, for the ends, then 

 one for the bottom seven-eighths wide, three-eighths 

 thick, and eighteen inches long, to correspond with the 

 triangular piece at the top. Use small finishing nails, and 

 drive through the ends of the short pieces into the ends 

 of the triangular piece and of the straight piece forming 

 the bottom of the frame. When finished, we have a frame 



