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let in tongued ends of bottom’* rabbet back end inside, from 
up from bottom edge to top edge, yV' s” '’*** 
end; 4 J" back from front end, 1 ?" up from bottom edge, cut groove 
■j-Y' deep X J" wide to top edge, to let in front; for shape of (c), 
(n), and (p), see Fig. 20, p. 48. Forlico roof, one piece, 27" x 5|' 
X I", bevel from at front edge, back on top side, to full 
tliickness, and round the front edge from the upper side. (</) 
Cover of passaye-way into hive, one piece, 141" x 6 ' x i let into 
front posts, full tliickness, | up from bottom ends; bore four 
holes, as directed in <T), in the centre of its width, the centre of 
the end holes being 3 ‘" from the ends; space the others equally 
between, (h) Front posts, two pieces, J" x 9J" x 6 ". (i) Rear 
posts, two pieces, J''x 9 |", 6 " wide at bottom and IJ" at top, 
slope commencing 3 ^" up from bottom ends of posts, and made 
“ ogee ” in form; these posts are fastened to the case by screws 
paiing through the front and back end boards of it into their 
edges, and are not mortised into the bottom-board, but rest on it; 
in each post, 5 " up from bottom end, cut a groove J deep, ^ wide, 
entirely across tlieir width (6"), to let in covers of “ passap-way," 
and “ back ventilator;” also mortise, in one edge, up trom bot¬ 
tom end, I" wide x long x deep, for bottom rail of sides of 
“ bee-chamber.” (j) Rear and front top rails of “ bee-chamber,” 
two pieces, 151" x Ir' x 
and cut from the top of ends to the depth of rabbet, 1" on. (k) Side 
top rails, two pieces, 20" x 1" x J". Bottom side rails, two pieces, 
19" X 1" X f; tenon on ends 1" long x f x in centre. (1) Sur¬ 
plus honey-hoard, 1" x 211" x 151", 6''^™ of the wood to run 
crosswise of the board, which is to have clamps, tongued and 
grooved against the end of the grain, and form part of the above 
dimensions; 9 holes are to be bored for surplus honey-boxes; they 
are first bored deep, with 1|" centre-bit, and then tlwough 
with 1|'' bit; these holes are arranged in three rows, one in the 
centre, and tlie others 21" from the side edges of the board^ the 
• Tho sides are toe-nallod to (wHom-boards with tour nails tndy, ono on each side 
of tongue and groove In bottom-board, and about one Inch apart, so that when the 
bottom-board swells and shrinks, the joint in It Is kept closed and stationary, while 
swelling forces tho edges of bottom-board out, front and back, and shrinking draws 
them in again. Sliding In the grooves In tho sides, which prevent Us warping. 
