DAVIS’ PLATFORM FOR BEE-HIVES. 
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Put blocks £ inch square, long, at the back side, over 
each riser, for hives to set against. 
Make a hole through the strip under the front end of 
the hives, commencing near the front edge at the top, and 
running out g of an inch from the back side at the bottopa. 
Insert a string and tie it around the slide. 
The feed-drawer is made of inch boards, except the front 
end which is made of plank 14£ inches long and ft inches 
wide, with a half inch hole in the center, commencing at 
the outer edge at the top and running in at the bottom.— 
The side boards are^inches wide, 10£ inches long and 
grooved into the plank i inch. The back board is 51 in¬ 
ches high, 14£ long, and nailed on the back end of side 
boards. Then cut a channel across the bottom board to 
match the hole in front. Put on the bottom board with 
paint and nails. 
THE FLOAT, OR RACK, FOR THE.FEED-D RAWER. 
This is made of light pine, | of an inch thick and £ of 
an inch in width. Commence by placing a strip near each 
end; then place on strips J of an inch apart; then, directly 
over the first strip, place two more, and one in the center; 
then bevel the upper edges of another set and place them 
directly over the second strips, and tack all together. 
This rack should be large enough to fill the feed-drawer 
within l of an inch all around. 
THE WINTER FEED-DRAWER. 
This is made 8 inches wide, 14J long, and 6 high, with 
a partition, 1 inch from the left-hand side, 4 inches high, 
and a cover with ventilation on the top, with holes in the 
left-hand side of bottom board, being made to '-.atch the 
holes in the top of the hives. 
