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Angled bottom board

Patent drawing of a wooden bee-hive with hinged double-lid top, two glass-topped honey boxes labeled B inside, angled legs, and a triangular entrance cutout at the front; a smaller box labeled B and a cross-section labeled A with slats b are shown separately.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHomer Tuller · June 2, 1868

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