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tee Fig. 20. ( u) Front and rear of upper part of cover, one piece, 
58 'x 208" x 8". and one piece, J 38" x 20J" x j". (p) Sides of 
upper part of cover, two pieces, each 58" and 138'x 278 x j , 
with rabbets, fa" x fa" ; for shape, see Fig. 20. (?) Top of cover, 
tongued and grooved from front to rear, and rain-grooved on top 
(Figs. 19 and 23), 24 J" x 30|" x J". (r) Honey-box cover, 218'' 
x 198" x J". (s) Clamps for honey-box cover, two pieces, 218" 
x J" x 8". ( 2.) Triangular checks to hold the cover when elevated, 
two pieces, 1}" x 1 i" x 28” x 8". (3.) Four buttons, 18" x 2" x 8". 
(re) Posts of surplus honey-box, four pieces, U"x88"x8". (*) 
Front, and rear bottom-strips of honey-box, two pieces, 18" x 151" 
x 8". (y) Side-bottom strips of honey-box, two pieces, 21 8" x 8" 
x8"; M and (y) are halved together at ends, (e) Front, rear, 
and side top pieces of honey-box, made up of two strips, 18 ’ x 8 
x 17 8", two strips, 1 x 8" x 21 8", halved together at ends; and 
two strips, 17 8" x 8" x 8", two strips, 198"xS"x|". (4.) Clamps 
for spare honey-board, two pieces, 218"x8"x8". 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. 
Hive 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) Bottom-board , J" thick x 25" lengthwise, and 30}" across 
the grain of the wood, in two pieces only , tongued and grooved 
together, and rabbeted on under side of ends T V' on, x fa" deep, 
forming tongues on ends at top edge fa" x fa", which are let into 
sides, (d) Front and rear ends of case, bottom part; front, one 
piece, 25}" x 9}" x }"; cut out from centre of length on lower 
edge, 14}" x }"; rabbet top outside of edge fa" x 1 T V'; rear, 
25}" x 3.}" x rabbet outside edge at top fa" x fa", and cut out 
from centre of length same as front, (e) Sides of cose, lower 
part, two pieces, 36}" x 11}" wide, at 4 {}" back from front end 
x J" thick and 3}" wide at the other end; at the wide end, where 
slant terminates, cut out for roof of portico, l r V' x 4 T V', and 
rabbet the outside of slant edge, fa" x fa "; cut a groove T V up 
from bottom edge, inside, fa" x fa" the whole ler gth of sides, to 
