. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 169 Two pieces b b, fig. 8 (which will he more understandable by referring to B B, tig. 2, p. 132), are now required to complete (the body of) the hive; they will be about 21 inches long, about 2 inches wide, and a full inch thick, and should be fitted and hinged, so that when shut into their places they will lock the moveable side-pieces into their positions, and at the same time close up the side air-spaces. Fig. 8 represents a perpendicular transverse section of the hive, by which it will be se
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. January 1, 1876.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 169 Two pieces b b, fig. 8 (which will he more understandable by referring to B B, tig. 2, p. 132), are now required to complete (the body of) the hive; they will be about 21 inches long, about 2 inches wide, and a full inch thick, and should be fitted and hinged, so that when shut into their places they will lock the moveable side-pieces into their positions, and at the same time close up the side air-spaces. Fig. 8 represents a perpendicular transverse section of the hive, by which it will be seen that b b when opened outwards allow c c to fall to the sides of the hive, giving immediate lateral space; and if the locking-pieces A, fig. 3, p. 132, be also thrown outwards, the frames will be capable of movement in any direction. Fig. 3 shows how the floor-board runners h should be fixed below the hive, so as to admit of the wedges g being thrust between them (the runners) and the floor-board. Fig. 1, p. 132, gives sufficient of the appear- ance of the hive to enable an amateur carpenter to make the roof and super-cover, and the floor-board; but when assistance is wanted it may be found in pp. 200, 201, Vol. II., a repeti- tion of which here would be superfluous. Before dismissing the subject, it may not be out of place to consider the relative value of the pointed and the wide-shouldered frame-ends, with which this hive and our frame bar-hive of 1873 are respectively furnished. The latter have had two full years' service and are every- where pronounced excellent; hundreds of hives whose frames had been resting in notches or had been fitted with distance-tacks, or pins, now contain others on the principle we adopted two years since, which after long consideration Mr. Pettigrew deems (See Journal of Horticulture, Dec. 16, p. 545) 'the best, most simple, and easily- handled frames yet in- vented'—an opinion we consider of the highest value, coming, as it does, from a gent
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