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modification of the same type, are surely enough to awaken 

 curiosity and bespeak a description. 



The Quinby hive (Fig. 39), as used by the Hetherington 

 brothers, consists of a series of rectangular frames (Fig. 39) 

 twelve by seventeen inches, outside measure. The ends of these 

 frames are one and a half inches wide and half an inch thick. 

 The top and bottom one inch wide and half an inch thick. 

 The outer half of the ends projects one-fourth of an inch 

 beyond the top and bottom. This projection is lined with 

 sheet iron, which is inserted in a groove which runs one inch 

 into each end of the end-pieces and are tacked by the same 



Fig. 39. 



Frame, Bottom-Board and Frante- Support of Quinby Hive. 

 nails that fasten the end-bars to the top and bottom-bars. 

 This iron at the end of the bar bends in at right-angles (Fig. 

 39, a, a), and extends one-fourth of an inch parallel with the 

 top and bottom-bars. Thus, when these frames stand side 

 by side, the ends are close, while half-inch openings extend 

 between the top and bottom-bars of adjacent frames. The 

 bottom-bars, too, are one-fourth of an inch from the bottom- 

 board. Tacked to the bottom-board, in line with the position 

 of the back end-bars of the frames is an inch strip of sheet- 

 iron (Fig. 39, b, h) sixteen inches in length. One-third of 

 this strip, from the front edge back, is bent over so it lies not 

 quite in contact with the second third, while the posterior third 

 receives the tacks which hold it to the bottom-board. Now, 

 when in use this iron flange receives the hooks on the corners 

 of the frames, so that the frames are held firmly, and can only 



