DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING S. DAVIS 1 
PLATFORM FOR BEE-HIVES. 
In explaining this Hive, we term the side where the 
bees pass in and out, the back side. 
The bottom-board is to be 26£ inches wide, and of any 
length desired, of matched boards f inch thick. 
Make risers of 1 ] inch plank, one half of them 26£ in¬ 
ches long, the other half 14£ inches long and 7 inches 
high. Saw out of the lower corners of each riser at the 
back end £ of an inch, and 5£ inches up; then from the 
