. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 2.—Outer Case. • back boards are 18gin. long, 8g in. wide, and fin. thick. Sides, 191-X 8|in.^ of iin. stuff. Inside measuxv, when nailed up, 17|in. across the front, 19^ in. from front to rear. A plinth, 1^ in. wide, drops Jin. below the surface of floor-board to carry ofi" wet. Rebated ^ x ^ in. The slides for entrance are ^ in. wood. 10in. long by 1J in. wide, and pa--s through a ."lot cut in the outer case along the guide-piece nailed across the front, below porch. The latter extends across the whole front, and is 4jin.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 2.—Outer Case. • back boards are 18gin. long, 8g in. wide, and fin. thick. Sides, 191-X 8|in.^ of iin. stuff. Inside measuxv, when nailed up, 17|in. across the front, 19^ in. from front to rear. A plinth, 1^ in. wide, drops Jin. below the surface of floor-board to carry ofi" wet. Rebated ^ x ^ in. The slides for entrance are ^ in. wood. 10in. long by 1J in. wide, and pa--s through a ."lot cut in the outer case along the guide-piece nailed across the front, below porch. The latter extends across the whole front, and is 4jin. wide, with a groove cut in its bottom edge to carry off drip. The second portion of the outer case is simply a "lift" 6| in. deep ; wood same thicljness as lower part, and needs no explanation beyond reference to Fig. Fig. 3.—Lift. This lift may be removed after packing for winter to redure the height of hive, but we leave it on always ; it protects the hive when. 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 London
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