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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
24 1" x 10}" x }" ; notch out of one corner of each, to receive por- 
tico roof, 4" on the length of the pieces x 2}" deep, and 
from the unnotched edge of each piece, make a groove to receive 
the bottom, square. Gage 4" on from the notched ends, and 
across the side pieces (c), for a line by which to set the outside of 
the front, which should come }" below the upper edges of the 
sides. ( d. ) Ledges around sides and rear end of hive-body, nailed 
thereon 1}" down from top edge; two pieces, 20}"x}"x}", and 
one piece, 17}"x}"x}". (e) Roof of portico, 17}" x 41" x }", 
beveled ofr from }" thick at front edge, back 2}" to full thick- 
ness, front edge rounded over from upper side only. * — One 
piece, 15}" x l}"x}", nailed to the upper side of (e) flush with its 
rear edge, and in the centre of its length. — Cover for hive, 
25}" x 19" x}", tongued and grooved together, and rain-grooved, 
the grain of the wood running front and rear of the hive. 
— Cleats for cover, two pieces, 1 9" x 1 }" x }", nailed on the under 
side of cover, flush with the ends. — Observing-glass at rear of 
hive, 14"x5"; an outer glass of the same size can Doused, if 
desired, for additional protection in Winter. — Shutter over 
glass, 14"x}"x5}'' wide outside, and 5}" wide inside, the bevel 
being made on the upper edge. — Clamps on this shutter, two 
pieces, 5}'' x 14" x }", nailed upon outside, each projecting }" over 
the end of the shutter, to cover the open joints. A piece, 14}"x 
2}" x }", is nailed to a piece, 15}" x l}"x}", 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 pieues coming }" above the bottom-board. The 
lower outer corner of this sash-rail, and the upper outer corner 
of the bottom-board, may be 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. 
}3.f The upper sash rail is made up of a piece, 14}" x 1}" X }" 
• Those parts marked with a ( — ), ore uot lettored in any of the figures. 
■f- Tho ventilating passage may be closed by a strip of wood which nearly fills it ; 
or it may be regulated by a slide as shown in the engraving on page 13. Tim 
objection to the strip is, that bees would be very apt to stick tho strip fast with 
propolis within the ventilating passage. Mr. Wheaton uses no back ventilator, 
