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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
24 i" x I OS" x notch out of one corner of each, to receive po 
tico roof, 4" on tlio length of the pieces X 2J" deep, and 
from the unnotchcd edge of each piece, make a groove to receive 
the bottom, -fe" square. Gage 4" on from the notched ends, and 
across the side pieces (e), for a line by which to set the outside of 
the front, which should come i" below the upper edges of the 
sides. ( d ) Ledges around sides and rear end of hive-body, nailed 
thereon 1 1" down from top edge ; two pieces, 201" x t" x i", and 
one piece, 17|"xi"xJ". (e) Roof of portico, 1 7 x 4i" x J", 
beveled off from i" thick at front edge, back 2i" to full thick- 
ness, front edge rounded over from upper side only. * — One 
piece, 15J" x It" x J", nailed to the upper side of (e) flush with its 
rear edge, and in the centre of its length. — Cover for hive, 
251" X 19" X l", tongued and grooved together, and rain-grooved, 
the grain of the wood running front and rear of the hive. 
— Cleats for cover, two pieces, 19" x 1}" x j", nailed on the under 
side of cover, flush with the ends. — Observing-glass at rear of 
hive, 14" x 5"; an outer glass of the same size can be used, if 
desired, for additional protection in Winter. — Shutter over 
glass, 14" x i" x 5i" wide outside, and 5}" wide inside, the bevel 
being made on the upper edge. — Clamps on this shutter, two 
pieces, 5t" x 14" x J". nailed upon outside, each projecting i" over 
the end of the shutter, to cover the open joints. A piece, 14J"x 
2|" x i", is nailed to a piece, 15J" x l j"x 8", centrally with re- 
gard to length, and so that one edge of both will be flush with 
each other. The ends of the longest piece are made dove-tailing, 
to fit in the sides (c), as shown in Fig. 16, p. 44 ; the lower or 
flush edges of both pieaes coming i" above the bottom-board. The 
lower outer corner of this sash-rail, and the upper outer corner 
of the bottom-board, may bo rabbeted a little to receive a covering 
of wire cloth, and the ventilator so formed may be furnished with 
a button slide arrangement, similar to those shown in the Fig., p. 
13.f The upper sash rail is made up of a piece, 14J" x 1 j" x J" 
• Those parts marked with a (— ) , arc not tcttcrod in any of the figures. 
f The vcntilatiug passage may bo closed by a strip of wood which nearly Alls it : 
or it may bo regulated by a slide as shown In the eugraving on page 13. Tho 
objection to tho strip is, that bees would bo very apt to stick the strip fast with 
propolis within the ventilating passago. Mr. Wheaton uses no back voutilator, 
