Inner/inside cover Clause Samples

Inner/inside cover. Inside cover is a four-sided box of rectangular cross-section without a top and bottom with a water proof plywood separator screen at the middle with a passage hole for the bees to visit upper part of the inner cover. The inner cover will serve as a feeder to supply bees with sugar syrup or pollen ▇▇▇▇▇ during dearth period and also for various beekeeping activities. The size of the passage hole can be with a dimension of 50 mm x 80, but can be of different size. 5 Approaches followed to develop this manual Two separate quick studies were conducted to develop this manual on beehive construction 5.1 Measuring bee space, comb thickness and cell depth of ▇▇▇▇▇ from natural bees’ nests A quick study on bee space, Comb thickness and depth of each hexagonal cell were investigated in the naturally constructed ▇▇▇▇▇ from traditional hives by considering fully grown ▇▇▇▇▇. Measuring of bee spaces (or gaps) left between two ▇▇▇▇▇ was conducted by selecting fully grown (brood and /or honey) ▇▇▇▇▇, the cell depth was by measuring the total length of a single cell of fully grown ▇▇▇▇▇. The bee spaces and inside cell depths were measured with the help of digital caliper (Figure 1). To be representative, data were collected from 3 major agro-ecological climatic zones, dry-hot low land, humid-warm mid-high land and cold high land zones with altitudinal ranges ≤1700 m, between 1700 m to 3000 m and ≥3000 m above sea level, respectively. For each agro-ecological zone, 12 bee colonies which assumed to represent the different ecotypes in these agro-ecological zones were randomly selected and measurements of distance between two fully grown ▇▇▇▇▇, Comb thickness and cell depths conducted. Accordingly, 5 bee spaces and Comb thickness each and 30 cell depth (15 cells on either side of a comb) for each colony. Studying the dimensions of different hives under construction in various workshops and correlating the dimensions with the requirements of the local bee races done. Figure 1. Measuring honeycomb depth using digital caliper 5.2 Assessing some local workshops for different hive dimensions The second part of the study was to see whether the frame hives that are under construction and in use are in line with the nature and need of the local honeybees. The investigation of bee- spaces in the frame hives was to develop the standard frame spacing in box hives made in the country. Dimensions of the different parts of the box hives (including the frames) that were made at different r...