EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 383 



see Vis. 20. (o) Front and rear of upper part of cover, one piece' 

 5S'x20r'xi", iind one piece, I3i" x20i" Xi". (p) Sides of 

 upper pari of cover, two pieces, each 5f" and 13i" x 27i" xi", 

 with rabbets, ^" x ^" ; for shape, see Fig. 20. [q] Top of covei-, 

 tongued and grooved from front to rear, and rain-grooved on top 

 (Figs. 19 and 23), 24|" x 30J"x J"- [r) Honey-box cover, 21|'' 

 xl9J"x-J-". [s) Clamps for honey-box cover, two pieces, 21 i" 

 J< i" X i". ( 2.) Triaftgular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 

 two pieces, 1 1" x 1 J" x ^" x i". ( 3.) Four buttons, U" x 2" x f'. 

 (w) Posts of surplus honey-box, four pieces, li"x8i"xj". (x) 

 Front and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, IJ" x 15 J" 

 '"•i" {y) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 21|"x|" 

 X i" ; (x) and (i/) are halved together at ends, (z) Front, rear, 

 and side top pieces of honey-box, made up of two strips, Ifxi" 

 X 17i", two strips, li" X i" X 211", halved together at ends ; and 

 two strips, m" X i" X *", two strips, 19f' x i" x f ". ( 4.) Clamps 

 for spare honey-board, two pieces, 21f"'xJ"xy. Glass, two 

 pieces 14x9, four pieces 18x9, and two pieces 14x8, for the 

 double glass of lower hive; two pieces 18x8, and two pieces 

 14x8, for the spare honey-box. 



Hito No. 5, Single-story Glass Hive, as made by Mr. Oolvin, see 

 drawing on page 389 See perspective on page 13 ; also the 

 Figures referred to in Hive No. 4. 



(a) Bottom-hoard, ^" thick x 25" lengthwise, and 36i" across 

 the grain of the wood, in two piec^ only, tongued and grooved 

 together, and rabbeted on under side of ends -f^" on, x -f^" deep, 

 forming tongues on ends at top edge ^" x -f^", wMoh are let into 

 sides, (d) Front and rear ends of case, bottom part; front, one 

 piece, 25 j" x 9|" x J" ; out out from centre of length on lower 

 edge, 14 J" x i"; rabbet top outside of edge f^" x 1-;%"; rear, 

 25 f" V SJ" V J"j rabbet outside edge at top ^" x ^", and cut out 

 from centre of length same as front, (e) Sides of ease, lower 

 part, two pieces, 36|-" x ll-i" wide, at 4 -if" back from front end 

 •X I" thick and 3^" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 

 slant terminates, cut out for ropf of portico, Ij^" x 4^", and 

 rabbet the outside of slant edge, ^" x .j^" ; cut a groove -j^" up 

 from bottom edge, inside, r^" x ^" the whole length of sides, to 



