ervation-frame. No. 8, shows the
"division-frame" run into the eighth groove of the floor-board, and
No. 14 and 15, the bee-frames run into their respective grooves, and
the 1-1/8 of an inch openings in the back closed by the slips of tin,
_q q q q_, &c.

Y Y, the bar of mahogany with corresponding grooves, X X X X, &c. to
those on the floor-board, at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and 15-2/8 holes for
the top bolt, _r_, of the observation-frame, Z, to fix into. _t, t, t_,
the screw nuts at the backs of the bee-frames, &c., for the screw at the
end of the spindle, S, to work into, and thus hold and draw out of the
grooves the bee-frames; _w_, the bee-frame containing comb and bees,
drawn partly into the observation-frame, Z.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE BAR-AND-FRAME-HIVE.

THE BAR-AND-FRAME-HIVE.

By first giving a general description of the "bar-and-frame-hive,"
the details of its construction can be better explained afterwards.

An oblong box is formed of well seasoned wood of an inch in thickness,
about thirty inches long, sixteen inches high, and twelve inches broad;
but the size may be varied to suit the convenience or taste of different
apiarians. Instead of the lid of the box being flat, it is made in the
shape of the roof of a cottage, and with projecting eaves to throw
off the wet more effectually. One of the long sides of the box is
constructed to open with hinges, and to hang on a level with the
_bottom_ of the box, and is held up by means of two quadrants. As many
grooves, half of an inch broad, half an inch deep, and about 9-1/2
inches long, are formed, 1-1/8 of an inch apart, in the inside of the
bottom of the box as its length will admit.

In the other side, a long half inch slip is cut for the egress and
ingress of the bees, having a piece of wood about an inch thick, and
four inches wide, fastened on the outside, just under the opening, to
form the alighting board for them.

At the top, of the side of the box which is made to let down, a four
inch piece of mahogany the length of the inside of the box is secured
in, having corresponding grooves formed, half an inch broad, 1-1/8 of an
inch deep, and half an inch apart, to those made in the bottom of the
box, leaving just _twelve_ inches between the bottom grooves and the
upper bar grooves.

When the four legs are screwed into the four corners of the box, the
small "bee-house" is ready for the reception of the "bee-frames" and
the bees. The "be