

T\)e See-j\eepeps' J^ev'ietu. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to t^e Interests of Hor]ey Producers. 



$L00 A YEAR. 



W. Z. HDTCBOiSON. Editor and Proprietor. 



VOL, XI, 



FLINT. MICHIGAN, JAN, 10, 1898, NO I. 



THE PLAIN OR SIMPLE SECTIOX. 



A Fair Consideration of its Merits and 



Demerits. A Novel Meliiod of Cli.iniiiny 



the Old Style to tlie Simple 



After Hein« Filled. 



J. E. CRAXIC. 



" H" thy ri^lit iinnd offend thee, cut it off and 

 cast it fioin tho A."- S;Bi£. 



CD 



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U\ liXTlON has 



L*i heen made 



H "^ in our t)ee-joiir- 



af S "''^■'' "'^ what is 



^ :sm OtkM i-allcd the "'No- 



1 )ee-wa y S e c - 

 lions; " a very 

 clumsy name for 

 one of tlie neat- 

 est sections ever 

 made; a section 

 wliere the top, 

 bottom, and sides are of the same widtli. 

 It seems to me tliat tlie word ' ' simple ' ' 

 would be a better name, as this is more 

 simple in construction than those where 

 the sides project an eighth of an inch 

 beyond the top and 'bottom. 



It is claimed that these sections, when 

 used in connection with what is called 



a "fence" ( which is simply a separator 

 made of narrow strips of thin wood with 

 passageways between them for bees), 

 will be better filled with much handsom- 

 er combs, that will grade higher, and 

 sell for one or two cents a pound more 

 than honey in the old style of 

 sections. These sections can also be 

 more easily cleaned, and will hold more 

 honey for their size, etc. Now, if 

 these claims are all true, the adoption of 

 them marks a new departure in bee 

 keeping. 



If such honey would .sell as is claimed 

 for an extra cent per pound more than in 

 ordinary sections this would have made a 

 difference with me in the last two years 

 of .several hundreds of dollars — an item of 

 no small importance, and I have felt the 

 subject should be most carefully investi- 

 gated, as it would cost me several hun- 

 dred dollars to make the change in sec- 

 tions, separators, and clamps. 



That these sections when well filled 

 look nice, no one who has handled them 

 can deny; but will it pay the cost of 

 changes for the bee-keeper who is now 

 well supplied with clamps, separators, etc.? 

 This is the great question with me. 



Right here I may as well say that there 

 are one or two disadvantages in this 

 style of sections. My experience has 



