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less. (2) The edges being plain with no insets, the plain sections are 
more easily cleaned of propolis when being prepared for market and 
are especially adapt- 
ed to cleaning by 
machinery. (3) By 
leaving the spacers 
in the super, sections 
of the same honey 
content occupy less 
space in the ship- 
ping case, thus re- 
ducing the cost of 
packages. (4) The 
plain section is 
adapted to an ar- 
rangement permitting freer communication lengthwise of the row of 
sections, especially at the corners (p. 15). 
Some of the advantages of the beeway sections (fig. 3) are: (1) 
The honey is some- 
what less liable to 
injury by handling. 
(2) Being wider at 
the corners where 
folded, they are 
stronger. (3) Some 
markets, being ac- 
customed to the 
larger cases neces- 
sary to contain a 
given number of 
beeway sections, ob- 
ject to the smaller 
package containing the same number of plain sections, simply be- 
cause it is smaller. 
Fig. 4.—Plain section in super, showing method ofspacing. (Original.) 
Fic. 5.—Beeway section in super, showing method of spacing. 
(Original. ) 
DIMENSIONS OF SECTIONS. 
Sections of various dimensions are in use by beekeepers, but the 
sizes Wi general use are the 4} inches square and the 4 by 5 inches. 
Some producers prefer the 4 by 5 sections because of the more pleasing 
appearance of the oblong package (fig. 6). The standard widths of 
the 44 by 44 inches section are 1 inches in the beeway style and i} 
inches in the plain section. The extra width in the beeway style 
is for the purpose of spacing and does not add to the thickness of the 
comb. The 4 by 5 is 12 or 14 inches wide in the plain style and not 
nuch used in the beeway style. The 13 width of the 4 by 5 section 
contains prectically the same amount of honey when filled as the 
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