In a message dated 96-12-06 01:45:46 EST, you write:
 
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 I've got a peaked roof lid on a Langstroth hive in my backyard.  I
 acquired it with a purchase some years ago, then chose to keep it
 with the hobby hives I've got.  Utterly impractical in a commercial
 sense (stacking hives two deep on the truck???) but it looks OK in
 the garden... >>
Well now ytou have to understand that beekeeping in town on any scale
involves
    "hey buddy can  I put a couple of hives in your yard"
So a cover that looks good in the garden would be a plus
Tom