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THE BEE-HIVES. 



Fig. 72. 



DIAGRAM or OUR HIVE. 



AA, cross-pieces to support the bottom, lSx2x2. B, bottom, 25xl7^^x 

 %. C, apron, lOxlT^^x"^. DD, front and rear of the hive, 16^v;xl2i4x 

 \^, E, entrance, Sx%. F, double board nailed at tlie rear, IS^xlSx 

 T-. GO' square slats to support the cover. H, lath, i^xl^, to widen 

 the top edge of the front board. I, top bar of frame, 20'4xliC, wide x 

 I, thick. JJJJ, rabbets ^,j wide x-'^ high, dug in front and rear boards, 

 ai;d furnished with sheets of iron % inches wide, or metal spacers pro- 

 jecting Vi of an inch, on which the frame-ishoulders are supported. If 

 the grooves are not provided with these, their size should be ^jx'K, 



KEKK shows how the uprights .Y.V of the frames are nailed to the top 

 tar. J/, bottom bar cf the frame, 11 %-x.'^/-2X% . XX. sides of the frame, 

 lliixo-ltix's. PP, front and rear of the cap, ISUxOx";. RR, front 

 and rear of the surplus-box, IG^jXt^x"^. Tj empty space on 

 top of thp surplus-box, IM for the cloth and mat. U. top bar 

 of the surplus-frame, same as top-bar /. V, bottom bar of the surplus 

 frame, same as M. rv, ■^ides of the surplu-' frames, Qx^,ix~/^. 



The space between M and B is about ^^ inch; between DX, XD, VI. 

 RY. YR. should be U to % of an inch. Hives of every size can be 

 ccn>triicted on this diagram, with the only caution to preserve the 

 spaces of the width indicated. Both top bar.s are grooved on the under 

 side for foundation and wedge as per Fig. 69. 



