5<D BEE HOUSE. 



one inch thick, for one quarter of an inch 

 thinner will render them not warm enough. 

 The floors of the hives and boxes being 

 moveable y will be of very great utility and 

 advantage in all the operations, and mull 

 be fo evident to every reflecting apiator, as 

 to need no further recommendation. 



CHAP. IX. 



OF A BEE HOUSE FOR THREE STOCKS. 



T is to be formed as in pi. i, fig. i, and 

 fix feet long, exclufive of the ports. 



Four polls of three inches fquare. 



Two long rails to nail the floor upon, 

 and two flight ones to nail the roof to. 



A floor, feventeen inches in breadth, to 

 be laid acrofs the rails. 



A roof, four boards. 



Two folding doors. 



The pofts are to be fixed to the due length, 

 and feventeen inches in breadth to their out- 



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