and its Economic Management. 



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■where such cannot be obtained, the inside edge should be 



gauged at f -inch and then 



planed down to the mark, 



leaving the outside edge 



untouched. Nail together 



with at least five 2-inch 



brads down each side. 



The top square is 9 inches 



across and screwed on 



from inside. There is no 



economy in planing the wood other than on the outside ; but 



where this is not done it requires very much more paint and is 



liable to rot, as the surface cannot be so well covered. 



The frame and dummy are as represented ; the top bar of the 

 former being |-inch thick instead of the usual weak bar of only 

 |-inch thickness. 



The Cover. 



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standard Frame. 



The Feeding Dummy. 



All covers must be painted also on the lower edge and two or 

 three inches up underneath as well. The floor requires painting at 

 least three inches from the edge all round both top and bottom, as 

 also the bottom edges of all compartments. This is too frequently 

 omitted, and the hive does not last a fourth of the time it should. 

 So long as all in sight is painted that is generally considered 

 sufficient, whereas the very parts left undone happen to be the 

 most vital, as it is at the joints that the wet settles and soon 

 causes mischief. 



