BEES AND JU:E CULTURE. 



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An observation hive (Fig. 19), made to hold only one frame, 

 with sides of glass, protected by doors hung on hinges, will af- 

 ford great amusement, and afford opportunity for valuable study 

 and observation. 



SECTIONS. These are small, shallow boxes (Fig. 20) to en- 



able us to secure comb-honey in the most market- 



j_ I able form. They should be of white wood, and 



very neat in appearance. The top and bottom 

 should be three-eighths of an inch narrower than 

 the sides, so when placed together a space is 

 formed that the bees may readily pass through. 

 They may be nailed, united by a dove-tail (Fig. 

 20), or consist of one piece, and united only at 

 one angle with a dove-tail. They may be from one and throe- 

 eighths to two inches thick, and of a form and size to suit the 

 market. A very popular form is four and one-fourth inches 

 square, and two inches deep. This holds a pound of honey. 

 The prize section is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth 

 inches. Even smaller sections than the one pound are now be- 

 The smaller sizes seem to sell more rapidly, but it 



I 



ing used. 



is thought that we can not 



secure so much honey in 



them. 



FRAMES AND CRATES. If 

 we use a two-story hive (Fig. 

 15), then we may hang the 

 sections right in a frame 

 (Fig. 21). The wide tins 

 (Fig. 21, t) secure the comb 

 in a more regular form, and 

 are quite necessary if we use 

 sections two inches deep. Of 

 course the wide frames which hold the sections (Fig. 21, //) 

 must have a narrower bottom-bar, so that the bees may pass 

 from the lower story of the hive up into the sections. I have 

 now discarded the two-story hive and these large frames for sec- 

 tions except to use in the lower story of the hive, as I much 



FlQ. 21. 



