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see Fig. 20. («) Front and rear of upper part of cover, one piece, 
58'x20}"x}". and one piece, 131" X20J" x }". (p) Sides of 
upper part of cover, two pieces, each 58" and 131" x 27 f" x }", 
with rabbets, fa" x fa " ; for shape, see Fig. 20. (q) Top of cover, 
tongued and grooved from front to rear, and rain-grooved on top 
(Figs. 19 and 23), 24}" x 303" x }". (r) Honey-box cover, 21i" 
xl98"x}". (•■>) Clamps for honey-box cover, two pieces, 21 1" 
x }" x 1". ( 2.) Triangular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 
two pieces, l}"x 18"x2}"x J". (3.) Four buttons, ll"x2"x 3". 
[to) Posts of surplus honey-box, four pieces, 1 }" x 81" x }". (,r) 
Front and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, l?"x 15|" 
x 1". ( y ) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 211” x 
x i" ; (i) and (y) are halved together at ends, (z) Front, rear, 
and side top pieces of ‘honey-box, made up of two strips, l}"y 8" 
X 178", two strips, 18" x 8" X 21 8", halved together at ends; and 
two strips, 178" x 3" x 8", two strips, 19}" x }" x 8". (4.) Clamps 
for spare honey-board, two pieces, 218"x}"x}". Glass, two 
pieces 14x9, four pieces 18x9, and two pieces 14x8, for tlio 
double glass of lower hive : two pieces 18x8, and two pieces 
14x8, for the spare honey -box. 
Hive No. 5, Single-story Glass Dive, as made by Mr. Colvin, see 
drawing on page 389 See perspective on page 13 ; also the 
Figures referred to in Hive No. 4. 
(a) Bottom-hoard, l" thick x 25" lengthwise, and 30 V' across 
the grain of the wood, in two pieces only, tongued and grooved 
together, and rabbeted on under side of ends fa" on, x fa" deep, 
forming tongues on ends at top edge fa" x fa", which are let into 
sides, (d) Front and rear ends of case, bottom part; front, ono 
piece, 25 j" x 9J" x J"; cut out from centre of length on lower 
edge, 145" x i"i rabbet top outside of edge fa" x 1 fa " ; rear, 
25|" x 3.1" x l", rabbet outside edge at top fa" x fa", and cut out 
from centre of length same as front, (c) Sides of case, lower 
part, two pieces, 3G.1" x lli" wide, at 4 ) 5" back from front end 
x ]" thick and 35" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 
slant terminates, cut out for roof of portico, 1 r V' x 4 , 7 n ", and 
rabbet the outside of slant edge, ,Y' x fa" ; cut a groove fa" up 
from bottom edge, inside, fa" x fa" tho whole length of sides, to 
