. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. MOVABLE-ntAlIE HIVES. 175 with roof-cement. Before putting together the boards which form the top of the cap of our hives, we make, along both sides of the joints, a rounded groove, three-eighths of an inch wide and one-fourth of an inch deep, in which the rain- water runs, instead of leaking inside. Jlr. McCord of Ox- ford, 0., made the covers of liis hives water-tight, by cover- ing them "\\'ith strong muslin, tacked on with a strip nailed. Fig. S4. TKI-STATE HIVEj WITH FLAT COVER AND TWO SUPEES. to the edges and thoroughly painted. Mr. G.
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. MOVABLE-ntAlIE HIVES. 175 with roof-cement. Before putting together the boards which form the top of the cap of our hives, we make, along both sides of the joints, a rounded groove, three-eighths of an inch wide and one-fourth of an inch deep, in which the rain- water runs, instead of leaking inside. Jlr. McCord of Ox- ford, 0., made the covers of liis hives water-tight, by cover- ing them "\\'ith strong muslin, tacked on with a strip nailed. Fig. S4. TKI-STATE HIVEj WITH FLAT COVER AND TWO SUPEES. to the edges and thoroughly painted. Mr. G. M. Doolittle and Dr. C. C. j\'Iiller use tin, painted white, on the tops of their hives. The Swiss and French bee-keepers do the same. A hive is made by some manufacturers which contains about as much brood-chamber space as our large hive, while more cheaplj' constructed. This is called the Jumbo hive (fig. S5), and is made with lock corners similar to Avliat is termed the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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