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Sunken hatchway design

A cutaway drawing of a peaked-roof wooden apiary building shows rows of beehives inside insulated double walls, a central hatchway leading down to an underground pit, and a roof flue with a cowl for venting warm air, with an inset labeled X detailing a post resting in a tar-filled cup to keep out vermin.

IMPROVEMENT IN APIARY.William Faulkner · February 4, 1868

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