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three-fourths inches, the expense of separators is found by 

 some to be unnecessary. In feeding^ back to have sections 

 completed, or where each section is removed as soon as capped, 

 separators are indispensable. While I have never succeeded 

 satisfactorily without separators— as the sections of comb 

 would not be regular enough to ship well — yet I prefer the 

 depth of my sections to be one and five-sevenths inches, or 

 seven to the foot. These hold about three- fourths of a pound. 

 I now believe that the best section for to-day is one four and 

 one-quarter inches square and one and five-sevenths inches in 



Fig. 108. 



Gbhng and Square Sections.— From A. I. Root Co. 



depth. We secure nicer comb for the table, with the thinner 

 combs, and more bees are able to work on a super or frame of 

 sections, so that the foundation is more speedily drawn out. 

 While a little more honey might be secured in two-pound sec- 

 tions, the market would, I think, make their use undesirable. 

 Of course, any decided change in the form and size of our sec- 

 tions involves no small expense, as it requires that the supers 



