HIVES FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 
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Giotto hives. Mr. Quinby stiffened his frames by 
angle-pieces (s^), and saved them from the accident 
of falling over by grooving the bottom board c, 
Fig. 30) through its entire length, and fixing partly 
over this groove an iron plate (ip). To one corner 
of the frame he attached an L-shaped piece of iron 
hooping (k), so that, as one corner of the frame stood 
in the groove, slipping it forward brought the hook 
under the iron plate, and at once fixed it. To com- 
Fio. 31 .— Bottom Board and Hethkrington Standing Frame. 
A, Bottom Board and Details (Scale, ^\)—bb, Bottom Board ; fr, Frame ; ip, Iron 
Plate ; w, w. Wire Ventilator ; si, Slide Runners ; br. Bridge ; e, e. Entrance. 
B, Section of Frame Corner (Scale, i)—bb, Bottom Board ; ip. Iron Idate ; 
h. Hook ; n, n. Nails ; sb. Side Bar. 
plete the hive, end boards (B) were used having 
a panel recessed on one side :^in., so that room 
was left for a thickened comb. On the other side, 
the end board had the panel flush with its frame. 
His entrance {e, Fig. 31) was ingenious ; the bottom 
board, cut away in two parts, had running over 
it a thin iron bar, or bridge ibr), made flush with tlie 
rest, and upon this the front corners of the frames 
rested. He also ventilated by means of a grating 
