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them out of a board 5Jin. wide and lin. thick. Every eight 

 inches of the board will make two without any waste and save 

 a deal of cutting. 



COVER. 



This is a part of the hive that requires to be very carefully 



Kg. 45.— END OF COVER (INSIDE VIEW). 



made. Leaky covers are an abomination. The ends (Fig. 45) 

 are made of fin. timber, 16in. long, 4in. wide for If in. in the 

 centre, then tapering down to lfin. wide at each end. A 

 rabbet, fin. wide by fin. deep, is taken out of the lower edges 

 on the inner or rough side, to allow it to fit over the rabbet on 

 upper edge of the body of hive, and another rabbet is cut in 

 the ends, as shown, fin. by £in. deep, for the sides to house 

 into. An inch hole for ventilation (shown in figure) should be 

 bored m the centre, and have a piece of perforated zinc tacked 



Fig. 46 SIDE OF COVER (INSIDE VIEW). 



over it. The side pieces (Fig. 46) are the same thickness as 

 the ends — 19£in. long, 2in. wide on the insides, and lfin. wide 

 on the outsides, the upper edges being bevelled Jin. to give 

 them a similar slope to the end pieces. The lower inside edges 



Fig. 47 RIDGE BOARD OF COVER. 



of these are rabbeted the same as the ends. The ridge board 

 (Fig. 47) is 2ft. long, 4in. wide, and fin. thick. This should 

 be rabbeted on the under side in a sloping manner, similar to 



