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see Fill. 20. (u) Front and rear of upper part of cover, one piece. 
58"x 208"x l". and one piece, 134" x 20|" X J". (p) Sides of 
upper part of cover, two pieces, each 5|" and 134" X 278" x 8", 
with rabbets, * yV' > for shape, see Fig. 20. (?) Top of cover, 
tongued and grooved from front to rear, and rain-grooved on top 
(Figs. 19 and 23), 248" x 30j}" x 8". (r) Honey-box cover, 218" 
xl9|"xj". (s) Clamps for honey-box cover, two pieces, 218" 
x 8" x l". ( 2.) Triangular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 
two pieces, 1 J" x 1 J" x 28" x J". ( 3.) Four buttons, 14" x 2" x 8". 
(w) Posts of surplus honey-box, four pieces, 1}" x 8|" x J". (a-) 
Front and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, U"x 158" 
x 8". (y) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 218" x 8" 
x 8" ; ( x ) and (y) are halved together at ends. ( 2 ) Front, rear, 
and side top pieces of honey-box, made up of two strips, 18"x f" 
x 178", two strips, 18" x 8" x 218", halved together at ends ; and 
two strips, 178” x 8" x 8", two strips, 198"x8"x8". (4.) Clamps 
for spare honey-board, two pieces, 218"x8"x8*C 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. 
(o) Bottom-board, l" thick x 25" lengthwise, and 361" across 
the grain of the wood, in two pieces only, tongued and grooved 
together, and rabbeted on under side of ends on, x T ” 5 " deep, 
forming tongues on ends at top edge T s 5 " x fV', which are let into 
sides, (d) Front and rear ends of chse, bottom part; front, one 
piece, 25J-" x 9 J" x J"; cut out from centre of length on lower 
edge, 145" x rabbet top outside of edge T V' x 1 ,V; rear, 
25J-" x 31 " x l", rabbet outside edge at top T y x T V', and cutout 
from centre of length same as front, (e) Sides of case, lower 
part, two pieces, 36 j" x 111" wide, at 4 { 5 " back from front end 
x l" thick and 31" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 
slant terminates, cut out for roof of portico, 1 ,V’ x 4 T \", and 
rabbet the outside of slant edge, T V' x T V'; cut a groove y 8 " up 
from bottom edge, inside, fe" x tV whole lergth of sides, to 
