EXI'LANATION OE PLATES. 
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6PC Fis. 20. («) Front and rear of upper part of cover, one piece. 
59 ' X 20i" X J". and one piece, ) 3J" x 20|" x 3". (p) Sides of 
upper part of cover, two pieces, each 53" and 1.3}" x 273" x i", 
wiih rabbels, x ; for shape, see Fig. 20. {q) Top of cover, 
tongued and grooved Irotn front to rear, and rain-grooved on top 
(I'igs. 19 and 23), 2J3" X 30|" X 3". (r) Honej'-bo.K cover, 213" 
xl93"x3". (s) Clamps for honey-box cover, two pieces, 213" 
X 3" X 3". ( 2.) Triangular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 
(WO pieces, 13" x 13" x 23" x 3". ( 3.) Four buttons, 1}" x 2" x 3''. 
[ui) Posts of surplus honey-box, four pieces, 13"x83"x3". (i) 
Front and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, 13"x 153" 
x 3". (y) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 213" x 3" 
x3"; (x) and (y) are halved together at ends. ( 2 ) Front, rear, 
and side top pieces of honey-box, made up of two strips, 13 "y 3 " 
X 173 ", two strips, I3"x 3"x213", halved together at ends; and 
two.strips, 173"x}"x 3", t.wostrips. 193"x 3"x 3". (4.) Clamps 
for spare honey-board, two pieces, 213"x3"x3". 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 Hive, 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) Boltom-board, I" thick x 25" lengthwise, and 36^'' across 
the grain of the wood, in two pieces onlt/, tongned and grooved 
together, and rabbeted on under side of ends -,V' on, x yV' deep, 
forming tongues on ends at top edge x Jj", which arc let into 
sides, (d) Front and rear ends of case, bottom part; front, one 
piece, 25|" x 9J" x J"; cut out from centre of length on lower 
edge, 14 J" x i"; rabbet top outside of edge x lyV'i 
251" X 3i-" X 5 ", rabbet outside edge at top yV' x yV', and cut out 
from centre of length same as front, (e) Sides of case, lower 
part, two pieces, 36.j" x II 5 " wide, at 4 back from front end 
X I" thick and 3}" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 
slant terminates, cut out for roof of portico, lf\" x 4 y’j", and 
rabbet the outside of slant edge, y\" x ; cut a groove up 
from bottom edge, inside, x the whole let gth of sides, to 
