EXPLANATION OF PLATES OF HIVES. 
Description op Wood-Cuts op the various Styles op 
Movable-Comb Hives, with Bills of Stock for 
making them. 
All the engravings,* except those which are in perspective, 
are on the scale of 1} inches to the foot, so that every J of an inch 
is an inch in a hive of full size. The thickness of stock used, is 
mostly }ths of an inch — inch boards, when planed, being usually 
of that thickness — but the measurements can be easily varied, to 
6uit any required dimensions. In making a lot of hives (see p. 33'2), 
the small pieces, which otherwise would be refuse, should be used 
for the frames. Good stock will prove much the cheapest in the 
end. 
Those not accustomed to longitudinal and cross sections, will 
bo greatly assisted by the perspective views. In the longitudinal 
sections, the hive is represented as sawed in two, from front to 
rear, and in the cross sections, from side to side. All the parts 
supposed to be out by the saw, are marked by cross lines ; the 
parts which, though not cut, would be seen after the cutting, are 
also represented. Any measurement may be verified, by applying 
an accurate rule to the sections. 
The reader will bear in mind, that those only who have pur- 
chased the patent right — Ministers of the Gospel excepted — can 
legally use these hives. For terms, see p. 39 1. 
Figs. 1, 2, and 3, page 24, Hive No. 1. 
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hive of the simplest form, tho 
• Since the publication of tho second edition— for which most of these plates were 
engraved — some chunges have been made in the construction of the hives, all of 
which are fully noted in tho bills of stock, though not, in all cases, shown in the 
plates. 
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