372 EXPLANATIOl* OF PLATES. 



cover being removed, to show one of the frames. Fig. 2 is a ver 

 tical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3, a vertical cross section of 

 the same. 



(6) Two pieces, front and rear of hive, 1 4J" x 8|" x J", (c) 

 Tv/o pieces, sides of hive, 1 9|" x 1 0" x -J", with oiitside Jowei 

 edges beveled off — when a movable bottom-board is used — to 

 avoid crushing bees, or giving lurking-places to moths or worms. 

 When the bottom-board is fixed in the hive, the sides should 

 be 19|"xl0fx|", and the bottom-board 25i"xl4J"x I", 

 clamped on the under side. If another hive, of the same form, is 

 put on the first, for surplus honey, as in Fig. 16 (p. 48), holes 

 may be made through this bottom-board, as directed for Hives 

 No. 2. (d) Two pieces, strips on upper part of hive, front and 

 rear, forming rabbets for the frames to rest upon, l&J"x \^"x^". 

 If) Movable cover, 25i"xl8"x|" This should be tongued 

 and grooved together, and may also be rain-grooved, as shown for 

 the top of the hive in Fig. 23 (p. 96). The grain of the wood 

 should run from front to rear, (g) Two pieces, clamps on 

 under side of cover, 18"x2"x.J". The front and rear (5) 

 of the hive should be nailed between the sides (c), flush with 

 their ends, but with the upper edges of (b) -f" below the upper 

 edges of (c). Some may prefer that the grain of the wood, both 

 of the bottom-board and cover, should run from side to side, 

 instead of from front to rear. 



Movable Comb-Frames. Figs. 1, 4, and 22, pages 20, 24, 88. 



{t) Two pieces, top, 19|" 1" x.^"; bottom, 17|"x|"x^''. 

 (u) Ends or vertical pieces,* two pieces, 8|-" x .|-" x ^." («) One 

 piece, triangular-top comb-guide, 1 61" x i" x i" x i". This should 

 be nailed to the top of the frame, centrally with regard to its 



* The tria/ngTilar pieces, represented in many of the engravings, not answering 

 the e»ds Intended, I return to the shape originally nsed. The Winter passage (■o), 

 which was suggested for trial, is also discarded, Mr. Gary's method (p. 337) being 

 much hetter. 



