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let in tongued ends of bottom ;* rabbet back end inside, from J" 

 up from bottom edge to top edge, ^" deep x ^" on, to let in back 

 end ; 4j" back from front end, If" up from bottom edge, cut groove 

 Ys" deep X |" wide to top edge, to let in front; for shape of (e), 

 (»), and (p), see Fig. 20, p. 48. Portico roof, one piece, 27" x 5|" 

 X J", bevel from |", at front edge, back yy on top side, to full 

 thickness, and round the front edge from the upper side, (jr) 

 Cover of passage-way into hive, one piece, 14|" ■><■ 6" x i" let into 

 front posts, J", full thickness, 5 up from bottom ends; bore Tour 

 holes, as directed in (T), in the centre of its width, the centre of 

 the end holes being 3}" from the ends; space the others equally 

 between, (h) Front posts, two pieces, |" x 9|" x 6". (f) Rear 

 posts, two pieces, ^"x 9|", 6" wide at bottom and 1|" at top, 

 slope commencing Sj" up from bottom ends of posts, and made 

 " ogee " in form ; these posts are fastened to the case by screws 

 passing through the front and back end boards of it into their 

 edges, and are not mortised into the bottom-board, but rest on it; 

 in each post, |" up from bottom end, cut a groove ,■" deep, 5-" wide, 

 entirely across their width (6"), to let in covers of " pa-ssage-way," 

 and "back ventilator;" also mortise, in one edge, ^'' up from bot- 

 tom end, I" wide x |" long x |" deep, for bottom rail of sides of 

 "bee-chamber." (f) Rear and front top rails of "bee-chamber," 

 two pieces, 15|" x 1 J" x I" : rabbet one edge J" wide ^ |" deep, 

 and cut from the top of ends to the depth of rabbet, ^" on. (k) Side 

 top rails, two pieces, 20" x |" x J". Bottom side rails, two pieces, 

 19" X I" X f"; tenon on ends J" long x |" x ^" in centre. (O Sur- 

 plus haney-board, |" x 21|" x 15j', the grain of the wood to run 

 crosswise of the board, which is to have clamps, tongued and 

 grooved against the end of the grain, and form part of the above 

 dimensions ; 9 holes are to be bored for surplus honey-boxes ; they 

 are first bored ^s" deep, with If" centre-bit, and then through 

 with ly bit ; these holes are arranged in three rows,, one in the 

 centre, and the others 2i" from the side edges of the board, the 



* The sides are toe-nailed to 6o«(n?i-boards'witli four nails onZy, one on each side 

 of tongue and groove In bottom-hoard, and about one inch apart, so that when the 

 bottom-board swells and shrinks, the joint in it is kept dosed and stationary, while 

 swelling forces tho edges of bottom-board out, front and back, and shrinking draws 

 them in -again. Shding in the grooves in the sides, which prevent its warping. 



