COMB HONEY. 



But one would lose many of the advantages 

 of plain sections if he were to adopt the 

 open-corner boxes. They would not look, 

 with even filling, as pretty as plain sections. 



SUPERS FOR PLAIX SECTIONS. 



In the main, these differ very little Ironi 

 the section-holder super already shown and 

 described for the old-style sections. The 

 section - holders themselves are the same 

 width as the sections. Between each row of 



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COMB HONEY. 



speak, help to conserve the heat so they can 

 draw out the comb and complete the sections 

 on the outside as well as in the center. Both 

 theory and practice sustain the proposition. 

 In the modern supers, and especially in 

 those designed for plain sections, there are 

 used, instead of wedges and thiuubscrews, 

 steel springs that bear against the center of 

 the fence as well as against the two ends, as 

 shown at B in the figure given on next page. 

 The wedges, tightening -strips, or thumb- 



SHlJfPlNG-CASES WITH BEEWAY AXD PLAIN SECTIONS. 



sections in a section-holder is placed a fence, ' screws, scmetinies, owing to excessive damp- 



the end-] osts of the fence rtsliug upcn the 

 strip of tin nailed on the bottom inside ( dge 

 of the end. There is a fence on tlie outside 

 of each outsidf row of sections, because il 

 was demonstrated by S. T. Pettit that a per- 

 forated divider, or what is exactly the same 

 thing in principle, the fence, when placed 

 between the outside rows and the super sides 

 will result in having those outside rows of 

 sections filled, in many instances, as well as 



ness, cause trouble by every thing becoming 

 swelled fast ;, but the springs at all times 



those in the center. The reason of this is, 

 that it places a wall of bees on each side of 

 the fence, between the comb honey and the 

 super side ; and these walls of bees, so to 



present a yielding pressure ; and, what is of 

 considerable importance, they are not affect- 

 ed by propolis ; at the same time they effect- 

 ually close up all little air-gaps or interstices 

 between the sections and fences. 



FOUNDATION FOR SECTIONS; STARTERS V. 

 FULL SHEETS. 



In the illustrations on preceding pages, 

 showing the supers, only narrow sheets 

 of foundation (or starters) are shown in 



