bee-keeper's manual. 



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only shows the front view of the stand, only one post 

 appears ; the other must be imagined to stand directly 

 behind it. 





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ROOF FOR SUSPENDED HIVES. 



This cut represents a convenient roof for hives sus- 

 pended on the foregoing plan. That every bee-stand 

 should have protection from the scorching rays of the 

 sun, is evident to every apiarian. I will not discuss this 

 subject here; but "will simply show how to construct a 

 roof on the above plan, which I consider all that is ne- 

 cessary ; or rather that this answers the purpose, with a 

 little more attention on the part of the bee-keeper, of 

 more costly roofing. My object is to show how these 

 things may be done economically, as well as expensively. 



According to the above cut, we take pine boards, one 

 inch thick, and fifteen or eighteen inches wide, cut them 

 inJength».of /oMr/ee^, then strap two of them together, 

 as seen in the cut ; first, securing them from warping, 

 by cleats nailed across them, on the under side, with 

 wrought naits, and clinched. The ends of such cleats 

 may be seen in the cut. The straps that hold the boards 

 together at the top, may be stout leather, or butts, as the 

 apiarian may choose. When the roof is finished, some 

 blocks of wood may be placed on the top of each hive, 

 in order to give a slight inclination to the sides of the 

 roof; otherwise the two boards would rest horizontally 



