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sides would result in the sections being slightly better filled than 
with the ordinary adjustments, such an arrangement presents some 
mechanical difficulties and would add considerable to the first cost 
of the supers. If separators were not necessary, such an adjustment 
of sections could be readily accomplished. In Europe a type of 
separator having transverse openings corresponding to the upright 
edges of the sections is used to give free communication lengthwise 
of the row of sections. In this country some such separators are 
used as well as a separator made of wire cloth so spaced between the 
rows of sections as to give free communication along the rows, as well 
as from one row to another. These, however, are not widely used in 
the United States. 
The plain section, when used in connection with the “fence”’ 
separator (fig. 4), having the upright posts considerably shorter 
than the height of the section, offers a fair compromise as to free 
Fic. 11.—Combination super with wide frames for oblong plain sections. (Original.) 
communication within the super. Most of the comb honey pro- 
duced in this country, however, is produced in sections which offer 
no communication from section to section lengthwise of the super, 
being produced in the regular 2-beeway section, having openings at 
the top and bottom only (figs. 7 and 8). 
THE USE OF SEPARATORS. 
Separators are made of strips of tin or wood and are used between 
the rows of sections to compel the bees to build the combs straight 
and all within the section. The thicker the combs the greater be- 
comes the necessity for separators. While an expert can produce 
very uniform comb honey without separators during a heavy honey 
flow by using very narrow sections, it is usually not advisable to do 
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