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closed at once, with a certainty that every part will 
fall into position, and discharge the function required 
of it. The details of the method of using this, or any 
of the other hives figured, could not here be given 
without covering ground which properly belongs to 
other chapters, but two or three structural points need 
explanation now ; e.g., the Author does not hinge 
his hive cover, as in Fig. 16, for a loose cover has 
one or two advantages worth retaining — to name one 
only, it admits of tiering up to an unlimited extent. 
Fig. 20.— Loose Hinge for Hive Roof (Scale, i). 
A, Portion of Hive, open— a-c. Section Cover or Roof-piece ; /t-s. Hive Side ; aL Iron 
Strap, or Loose Hinge ; n. Notch for Screw. 1>, Same shut— Lettering as 
before. C, Loose Hinge applied to Hive, with I’linths— Lettering as before. 
Mr. Green, some years since, exhibited the first loose 
hinge ; but it was both weak and difficult of application, 
and so the Author devised the plan which Fig. 20 
will make clear. 
Iron straps [st, A), fin. wide, bin. long, and j^in. 
thick, have three screw-holes bored and countersunk 
towards one end, and a notch {n) cut near the other. 
The straps — a pair to each hive, and on opposite 
sides of it — are fixed by screws so that the middle 
