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V-form bars

Two technical line drawings of a wooden beehive, one showing a side vertical section with an inclined alighting board and entrance, and the other showing an internal cutaway with parallel V-shaped comb bars and cleats supporting a removable top cover.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVESHenry A. Hannum · February 3, 1863

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