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AUSTRALASIAN BEE MANUAL 



SECTION BOXES. 



For the raising of 

 people prefer, nothing 



comb honey, which many 

 could be better than the 

 small one-pound section 

 box as now made. 

 Though boxes of various 

 dimensions are some- 

 times used, the most 

 popular one is the 4J by 

 4^ inch section, which 

 just weighs one pound 

 when full. 



The American bass- 

 wood section is no doubt 

 the most popular, though 

 very good ones are now 

 manufactured in Austral- 

 asia. They are made in 

 one piece, so that they 

 can fold to form the box 

 as in Fig. 36. A saw 

 cut is made in one end, 

 so that when one-half the 

 end is folded the comb 

 foundation can be inserted, and the other half closed 

 down upon it. Section boxes and all other material 

 mentioned in this Manual can be obtained from hive 

 manufacturers. 



SEPARATORS. 



Fig. 36. ONE PIECE SECTION 



BOX, PARTLY FOLDED. 



To raise section honey in the best marketable form, 

 separators of some kind, as divisions between the 

 frames, are indispensable. Both tin (see Fig. 35), and 

 thin wood slats are used for the purpose. The latter, 

 being better non-conductors than tin separators, are on 

 that account preferable for use in spring, when warmth 

 is so essential to induce the bees to commence work in 

 the sections. 



