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a wooden or -J^rass button in the centre of the upright 

 standard, against which, in a rabbet made for that pur- 

 pose, they close. The glass doors will each contain a 

 pane of glass about one foot wide and 18 inches long, 

 allowing that the inside of the hive measures two feet 

 by 18 inches, as it should measure. The frames for the 

 doors may sink into a rabbet, planed out of the main 

 frame of the hive, and thus admit of glass being used in 

 them, of such size as to cover almost the entire surface 

 of the hive. The frames for these doors should be as 

 light as possible, and be durable and firm. 



Outside of the glass doors, are to be a couple of close 

 shutters ; since the bees will not carry on their labors 

 when exposed to the light, for any considerable length 

 of time. The outer doors are to be hung with butts, 

 also, and they should sink into a rabbet in the frame, 

 exterior to that made for the inner doors. The frame 

 for the body of the hive should be made of inch and a 

 quarter plank, pine if you please ; and every joiner can 

 make his own calculation, relative to the proper width 

 and thickness, to render the whole substantial, when 

 finished. The diameter between the two glass doors, is 

 to he one inch and three-quarters. This is a "fixed 

 fact," we will suppose. The frames for said doors need 

 not be over half an inch thick, and the glass can be 

 secured in the frame, and be flush, or even with the in- 

 side thereof. The outside doors need not be over half 

 an inch thick also, with clamps nailed across the ends, 

 to keep them from warping. Now we have ope and 

 three-quarters inches to begin with, for the diameter of 



