Gleanings in bee culture . Fi^. 629 feet long. Either screens or doors may beprovided between honey-house and hive-sheds if desired. In this diagram the hive-shed 6 is 7 feetwide, and may be made any length, allow-ing 6 feet and 6 inches between posts forevery three stands. This shed extends south,and takes two rows of hives. The hive-shed c extends east, and another may beextended west. The upper sections of the side of thehive-sheds are hinged so they may be ex-tended at will, and the lower sections areremovable. Both of these sections are madein 6y2-foot leng-ths, extending from centert
Gleanings in bee culture . Fi^. 629 feet long. Either screens or doors may beprovided between honey-house and hive-sheds if desired. In this diagram the hive-shed 6 is 7 feetwide, and may be made any length, allow-ing 6 feet and 6 inches between posts forevery three stands. This shed extends south,and takes two rows of hives. The hive-shed c extends east, and another may beextended west. The upper sections of the side of thehive-sheds are hinged so they may be ex-tended at will, and the lower sections areremovable. Both of these sections are madein 6y2-foot leng-ths, extending from centerto center of posts, one foot square, d ineach fig-ure shows the track for the ordinarybarndoor hanger. Figures 2 and 3 showforms for the cement stands. At Fig. 2 a,a dozen may be made at once. For thisform I cut five pieces of 1 x 2, 6 feet and2 inches long for j^ieces a; two pieces 6feet 5 inches long for pieces h, and eightpieces 18 inches long for pieces c. On theupper edge of pieces c I nail two pieces ofnarrow galvanized iron,
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