EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
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see Fig. 20. (o) Front and rear of upper part of cover, ono piece, 
59'’ x 208” x 3", and one piece, 1 3 i" x 20J" x (p) Sides of 
upper part of cover, two pieces, each 5J" and 13b" x 273” x J", 
with rabbets, ■f t " x T V’ ; 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), 24f" x 30J" x J". (r) Honey-box cover, 21 1" 
x 198" x b". (s) Clamps for honey-box cover, .two pieces, 21 i" 
x b" x l". ( 2.) Triangular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 
two pieces, U”x IJ"x2i"x|". (3.) Four buttons, Ii"x2”x3\ 
(to) Posts of surplus honev-box, four pieces, 1 }" x 89" X J". (x) 
Front and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, li’’x 153" 
X J". ( y ) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 213"x$" 
x J" ; (x) and (y) are halved together at ends, (z) Front, rear, 
and side top pieces of honey-box, made up of two strips, 1 j"x J" 
X173”, two strips, 1 }" x 3" x 21 3”, halved together at ends ; and 
twostrips, 17ft" x b" xj", two strips, 19i”xj"xJ". (4.) Clamps 
for spare honey-board, two pieces, 21 i" x }" x 3". Glass, two 
pieces 14x9, four pieces 18x9, and two pieces 14x8, for the 
double glass of lower hive : two pieces 18x8, and two pieces 
14x8, for the spare honey-box. 
Hivo 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-board, -J" 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 fbs " on, x T V' deep, 
forming tongues on ends at top edge -jV' x ff", which are let into 
sides, (d) Front and rear ends of case, bottom part; front, one 
piece, 25 j" x 9 J" x l" ■ cut out from centre of length on lower 
edge, 145" x |"i rabbet top outside of edge -jV' x l T V'i rear, 
25|" x 31" x l", rabbet outside edge at top x -J e ", and cut out 
from centre of length same as front, (e) Sides of case, lower 
part, two pieces, 361" x 11, V' wide, at 4 -if" back from front end 
x l" thick and 3}" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 
slant terminates, cut out for roof of portico, 1 x 4^", and 
rabbet the outside of slant edge, -fa" x T \" ; cut a groove -~ ff " up 
from bottom edge, inside, T 5 ff " x the whole length of sides, to 
