DETAILS OF THE BEE-FARMER'S HIVE. 19 



measurement of the Bee Farmer's Hive, so that every 

 reader may make them. We have during late years, not 

 being ourselves very expert in the use of joiners' tools, 

 had them made by a village carpenter, who charges us six 

 shillings each for the complete hive, for a well-made straw- 

 skep we have often given five shillings. 



The inside measurement of the box containing the 

 bars is twelve inches long, eleven and three-eighths inches 

 wide, and ten inches deep. It has eight bar-frames, which 

 rest upon grooves cut in the sides ; these are exactly the 

 size required by the bees for the brood-combs, seven- 

 eighths of an inch in breadth, eight and a half inches deep, 

 ten and a half inches wide, thus leaving about half an 

 inch clear round the hive for the movement of the bees. 



DETAILS AND MEASUREMENT OF THE 

 BEE-FARMER'S HIVE. 



BOTTOM BOARD, 



^.Boards. ^ 



ilmAn., 



FOR FRONT AND BACK. 



Grooves ^ in. deep must be cut out of 



these inside for the frames 



to rest upon. 



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