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Bee Tent Described. 



moved, or folded up if we wish to put it in the house. The 

 sides are rectangular frames made of light pine strips, well 

 braced (Fig. ii8, ^, i5),and covered with wire cloth. The 

 top and ends are covered with factory cloth, firmly tacked, 

 except at one end, where it is fastened, at will, by rings which 



Fig. ii8. 



hook over screws. The two sides have no permanentconnec- 

 tion of wijod, except at the ends (Fig. i j8, c, c). The small 

 strips which connect at these places are double, and hinged 

 to the side frames, and the two parts of each hinged 

 together. Thus these may di(ip, and so permit the side 

 frames to come close tooether when we wish to "fold our 



