44 BEE BOXES. 



lid of wood, three quarters of an inch thick, 

 to three boxes ; which is to take off and on 

 by means of four fcrews, one at each cor- 

 ner. 



Loose floors are to be provided with 

 the boxes, to be planed on one fide, and 

 filleted at the ends to prevent warping, and 

 of an inch more in their dimenfions than the 

 tops of the boxes. If a board broad enough 

 cannot be had, a leffer muft be added, rab- 

 heted and doweled thereto. One floor only 

 is neceflary for a fuit (three) of boxes, but 

 two or three fpare ones will often be wanted, 



OBSERVATIONS. 



A minute exa&nefs is abfolutely necef- 

 fary in working the boxes; for though the 

 unexperienced may imagine the deviation 

 of a quarter or eighth of an inch from what 

 has been directed will be of no confequence, 

 neverthelefs fuch miftake or negligence in 

 any part would render the apparatus unfit 

 for the ufe it was intended for. 



Firft obferve, that the edges of the boxes, 

 both top and bottom, are to be truly leyel 

 that when indifcriminately fet one over or 



under 



