DESCRIPTION OF THE HIVE OF VICAT. 



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a b c d represent the interior of the hive, composed of 

 four boxes or compartments fixed together ; laid on their 

 sides (i««(!ee are rods with screws by which the boxes of 

 the hive are connected ; f f represent the front and back 

 of the hive ; b b are the bottoms of the boxes seen in the 

 interior, but more properly the tops as they stand in the 

 hive ; cc c c are notches which serve to fasten the hive to 

 the ledge of the table ; d d are the rods destined to support 

 the combs ; these rods are eight in number, two to each box 

 which they cross longitudinally ; e e are two screw nuts 

 moveable along the rods e e, and which serve to fasten the 

 boxes more or less closely to each other ; ffff are the 

 wooden rings through which the same rods pass. 



The accompanying figure re- 

 presents one of the boxes sepa- 

 rated from the hive, showing the 

 same parts marked with the 

 same letters as in the preced- 

 ing figure ; namely a a the sides, 

 b the bottom, d d the rods, and 

 f the ring of the box. f repre- f/ 

 sents the table of the hive as 

 seen from above a b c d ; e is the fore part of this table ; 



Fig. 3. 



f f are hollows made in the under side of the table to receive 



