The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 681
aii*. (/) The cover of the hive, with a band Iunning round it of 3 in. indepth J covering the hive like the cover of a bandbox. The upper rimraised high enough to receive the box (g), which is exactly 15 in. square, Foreign Notices : — North America. 669 and made to fit into the rim of the cover… … h. Elevation of the top box, 8 or 9 in. in height; open at the bottom,with a ventilator of perforated tin about 2 in. high and 3 in. long, o. i, A top view of the hive b; the outside sticks, seven in number, rest inthe triangular recesses n. The sticks are also triangular and will fit in, inany…
