MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES. 168 
Regnier, of Sarrelouis, gives the result of « comparison 
of the Standard German (289) with these hives. He 
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Fig. 68. 
DIAGRAM OF OUR HIVE. 
AA, cross-pieces to support the bottom, 18x2x4. B, bottom, 25x174%x%. 
C, apron, 10x174%x%. DD, front and rear of the hive, 164%x12%4x%. E, 
entrance, 8x4. F, double board nailed at therear, 184%x138x%. GG, square 
slats to support the cover. H, lath, 4x1% to widen the top edge of the 
front board. J, top bar of the frame, 204x%x%. JJJJ, rabbets 4 wide 
x% high, dug in front and rear boards, and furnished with sheets of iron 
% inches wide, projecting !< of an inch, on which the frame-shoulders are 
supported. If the grooves are not provided with the sheets ofiron, their 
size should be ¥x%. KKEKK, show how the uprights VN of the frames 
are nailed tothe top bar. /, bottom bar of the frame, 17%x4x%. NN, 
sides of the frame, 1114x4%x%. PP, front and rear of the cap, 18'%x9x%. 
RR, front and rear of the surplus-box, 164x6%x%. JT, empty space on 
top of the surplus-box, 14%. U, top bar of the surplus-frame, same as 
top-bar I. V, bottom bar of the surplus frames, same as M. YY, sides 
of the surplus frames, 6x)4x%. 
The space between MM and B is about ¥ inch; between DN, ND, VI, RY, 
YR, should be % of an inch. Hives of every size can be constructed on 
this diagram, with the only caution to preserve the spaces of the width 
indicated. 
