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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING, 
bottom, as the door may be left the whole hive width 
stopped by Langstroth blocks — i.e., two triangular 
pieces so placed before the opening that they cover 
much or little of it, as desired. If metal runners 
(see Fig. 22) be added, the front had better have the 
Fig. 17.— Cheshire Hive (Scale, jV). 
Ay, Hive Side ; sc. Super Case ; p. Porch ; ah. Alighting-hoard ; np. Nucleus Porch ; 
ct, ChafF-tray ; /o, Feeding Opening ; /, Fastening ; r, Roof ; v, Ventilator. 
space lying between the runner and the hive side 
filled by a wedge cut to shape. 
Let us turn to a form in which completeness has 
been the aim, and in which the well-being of the bees 
and the comfort and convenience of the manipulator 
