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them out of a board 5din. wide and lin. thick. Every eight 
inches of the board will make two without any waste and save 
a deal of cutting. 
COVER. 
This is a part of the hive that requires to be very carefully 
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Fig. 45,._END OF COVER (INSIDE VIEW). 
made. Leaky covers are an abomination. The ends (Fig. 45) 
are made of {in. timber, 16in. long, 4in. wide for 1in. in the 
centre, then tapering down to lin. wide at each end. A 
rabbet, 3in. wide by #in. deep, is taken out of the lower edges 
on the inner or rough side, to allow it to fit over the rabbet on 
upper edge of the body of hive, and another rabbet is cut in 
the ends, as shown, {in. by Sin. deep, for the sides to house 
into. An inch hole for ventilation (shown in figure) should be 
bored m the centre, and have a piece of perforated zinc tacked 
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Fig. 46._SIDE OF COVER (INSIDE VIEW). 
over it. The side pieces (Fig. 46) are the same thickness as 
the ends—19tin. long, 2in. wide on the insides, and 1#in. wide 
on the outsides, the upper edges being bevelled jin. to give 
them a similar slope to the end pieces. The lower inside edges 
Fig. 47,—RIDGE BOARD OF COVER. 
of these are rabbeted the same as the ends. The ridge board 
(Fig. 47) is 2ft. long, 4in. wide, and Zin. thick. This should 
be rabbeted on the under side in a sloping manner, similar to 
