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with the upper stoiy (Fig. 33, b) just like the lower (Fig. 33, 

 c), this (Fig. 53) may join the lower by a miter-joint, while a 

 cover (Fig. 33, a) two inches high, may join this with a simi- 

 lar joint. 



If the upper story shuts over the lower apd rests on a 

 shoulder (Fig. 29) it may still be made to take the same sized 

 frame, by nailing pieces one-half an inch square to the corners, 

 whose length shall equal the distance from the rabbet in the 

 lower story to the bottom board. Now nail to these upright 

 pieces, parallel to the rabbeted faces below, a three-eighths 

 inch board as wide as the pieces are long. The top of these 

 thin boards will take the place of the rabbet in the lower 

 story. This style, which is adopted in the two-story hives as 

 made by Mr. Langstroth (Fig. 29), will permit in the upper 

 story the same frames as used in the lower story, while two 

 more can be inserted. Upon this upper story a shallow cover 

 will rest. Such covers, if desired, may be made roof-like 



Pig. 34. 



(Fig. 34), by cutting end pieces, (Fig 34, b) in form of the 

 gable of a house. In this case there will be two slanting 

 boards (Fig. 34, a, a), instead of one that is horizontal, to 

 carry off the rain. The slanting boards should project at the 

 ends (Fig. 34, d), for convenience in handling. In such 

 covers we need thin, narrow ridge-boards (Fig. 34, c), to keep 

 all perfectly dry. These covers look neat, are not so apt to 

 check, and will dry much quicker after a rain. 



If we secure comb-honey in crates, and winter out-doors — 

 in which case we shall need to protect in the Northern States 

 — it will be convenient to have a box of the same general 

 form as the main body of the hive, from six to eight inches 

 deep, just large enough to set over the body of the hive and 

 rest on shoulder-strips, and without top or bottom ; this to 

 have such a cover as just described. Such is the arrange- 



