64 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



over the brood nest. This can be obtained in 

 sheets 16 in. square, and is best laid over the 

 frames without being fitted into a light wooden 

 frame as used to be the custom. (This old style 

 is shown by Fig. 59.) 



Quilts are necessary for covering the frames, 



Fig-. 60. Section with Foundation. 



and for this nothing is better than a square piece 

 of American cloth of good thickness laid on with 

 the painted side downwards. Sheets of celluloid 

 can be obtained for the purpose, through which the 

 bees can be seen at work ; they are very good, but 

 rather expensive. Over the first quilt a number 

 of thicknesses of carpet or sacking of some kind 

 should be placed to keep up the warmth of the 

 hive, and for this woollen material is the best, but 

 it harbours moths, and for this reason sacking or 

 cotton material is often preferred. 



Fig. 61. Section before Folding. 



For marketing honey in the comb, sections 

 (Fig. 60) are used. These are wooden boxes, gener- 

 ally 4j in. by 4j in. by 2 in., made of thin bass-wood, 

 and they each hold just a pound of comb honey. 

 Larger sizes can be obtained. The wood for mak- 

 ing them ready prepared can be bought in gross 



