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EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
let in tongued ends of bottom ;* rabbet back end inside, from J* 
up from bottom edge to top edge, T 7 ff " deep x J" on, to let in back 
end; 4J" back from front end, 1up from bottom edge, cut groove 
T V' deep x l" wide to top edge, to let in front; for shape of (e), 
(n), and (p), see Fig. 20, p. 48. Portico roof, one piece, 27" x o f 
x l", bevel from at front edge, back T s ? " on top side, to full 
thickness, and round the front edge from the upper side, (y) 
Cover of passage-way into hive, one piece, 14|" x 6" x L" let into 
front posts, full thickness, ;} up from bottom ends; bore four 
holes, as directed in (!), 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 G". (i) Rear 
posts, two pieces, J" x 9 J", 6" wide at bottom and 1J" at top, 
slope commencing 3j" up from bottom ends of posts, and made 
“ ogee ’’ in form; these posts are fastened to the case by screws 
passing 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, up from bottom end, cut a groove j" deep, j" wide, 
entirely across their width (G"), to let in covers of “ passage-way,” 
and “ back ventilator;” also mortise, in one edge, 'f up from bot¬ 
tom end, J" wide x J" long x 2" deep, for bottom rail of sides of 
“ bee-chamber.” (j) Rear and front top rails of 11 bee-chamber,” 
two pieces, 153" x 1?" x 3": rabbet one edge J" wide x J" deep, 
and cut from the top of ends to the depth of rabbet, 3" on. (k) Side 
top rails, two pieces, 20" x 3" x 3”- Bottom side rails, two pieces, 
19" x 3" x }"; tenon on ends 3" long x 2" x J" in centre. ( l ) Sur- 
plus honey-board, J" x 212" x 153", l' 10 grain 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 T V' deep, with 1|" centre-bit, and then through 
with lj" bit; these holes are arranged in three rows, one in the 
centre, and the others 2|" from the side edges of the board, the 
• Tho sides aro too-nailed to bottom-boards with four nails only, one on each side 
of tonguo and groove in bottom-hoard, and about one inch apart, so that when the 
bottom-board swells and shrinks, the joint in it is kept closed and stationary, while 
■welling forces tho odges of bottom-board out, front and back, and shrinking draws 
thorn in again. Sliding in the grooves in the sides, which prevent its warping- 
