. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. 84 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. effectually to carry away drip, and has a channel near its front edge, which acts as a gutter, by which the rain is conveyed to its end^ This gutter is shown in the cross section, Fig. ii, at E. The bottom-board of the hive'projects 25 inches along the front, so as to form a very convenient alighting board. The flight-hole is 10 inches in length, and is formed by cutting from the hive-wall a piece a full ^ inch deep (see G, Fig. 11). F, Fig. II, is screwed on beneath the porch roof to give it additional stability, and also to provide
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. 84 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. effectually to carry away drip, and has a channel near its front edge, which acts as a gutter, by which the rain is conveyed to its end^ This gutter is shown in the cross section, Fig. ii, at E. The bottom-board of the hive'projects 25 inches along the front, so as to form a very convenient alighting board. The flight-hole is 10 inches in length, and is formed by cutting from the hive-wall a piece a full ^ inch deep (see G, Fig. 11). F, Fig. II, is screwed on beneath the porch roof to give it additional stability, and also to provide the groove for two sliding shutters (shown in Fig. 11), by which the entrance way may be regulated as occasion may Upon the upper part of the ends of these are two small studs preventing the shutters from meeting, so that the entrance can only be reduced to about half an 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 Hunter, John. London, W. H. Allen
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