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follows: — Fig. 9, No. 1. The floor-board, which has four 

 splayed legs attached, a sloping alighting board at the front 

 for the bees to settle upon ; the first board of the floor-board 

 proper is sunken to make an entrance. No. 2 is the brood 

 chamber, which contains ten frames, a division board, and 



No. 3 



No. 2 



No. 1 



Fio. 9. 



a slip of wood f inch by 3-16. The division-board is for con- 

 tracting the size of the brood chamber, and the strip to 

 increase the distance between the face of the end comb 

 and the hive side. This chamber. Fig. 10, is nine inches 

 deep, the outside walls (o.w.) are made of | inch material, 

 the inside walls (i.w.), which are on two sides only, are made 

 of ^ inch material, and are secured to the outer wall by 



