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Isometric line drawing of a rectangular wooden bee-hive with a peaked roof, a cord and spring-catch fastening system wrapped around it, and labeled internal frames, end boards, and entrance notches, accompanied by smaller detail drawings of individual comb frames and a screen insert.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESAllen T. Wright · October 2, 1877

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