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_ There must be a cross board fitted in between the 
side strips three inches wide, and one-fourth of an inch 
thick. This will be tacked down across the centre of 
the bench to cut off the connection between the two 
sections when they are separated. 
This bench may be made of an inch or inch and a 
half board by sawing oft' two pieces of scantling three 
or four inches square and one foot long. 
Take the board above named and nail these two 
E ieees of scantling securely across it about eight inches 
■om either end. Bore two holes in each piece of 
scantling and put in good strong legs about, fifteen in- 
ches long and yo i have the bench above described. — 
Bore two two-inch holes about ten in lies apart on each 
side of your cross board so that when there is but one 
hive on the bench, it will stand over both holes, and 
when you divide you will have one ventilator under 
each hive, for these holes are for ventilation. Now 
take two pieces of tin each large enough to cover one of 
these veutilators, punch them full of holes and tack 
them over the ventilators and you will have a bench 
ready for use. 
The McDonald Hive is made in two sections. These 
will be made precisely alike. If you was making 
one hundred you would make them all alike. Take 
poplar or pine boards, dress them true to twelve 
inches wide, so that your pieces will be true and square ; 
this will make your boxes square so they will fit oue on 
top ol the other. You are now ready to saw it in pieces. 
You will need three pieces. Two of them will be cut 
twelve inches square ; the back will be twelve by four- 
teen inches ; the front will be made by dressing two 
pieces two and a quarter inches wide and fourteen inch- 
es long. These will be nailed on the front, one at. the 
top the other at the bottom. You will fill up the sides 
with the same width this will give you an opening that 
will take in an 8x10 glass. You will put the glass on 
the inside by cutting a rabbet, the same as for sash. 
At the top of the section there will be eight bars, 
or guides. These are made by taking an inch board 
