232 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Apr. 1. 



There is one thing that makes it hard to do clear through, we got a better finish to both top 



justice and sell by the section or case; and that and bottom. All these years I have wondered 



Is the fact that we can not govern the seasons why we could not have our sections that way, 



— the flows— for we are sure to have lighter- but supposed that in making the one-piece 



weight sections in a poor season than in a good section there was some trouble in the cutting 



one, and this with the very same sizes and fix- that required the width of the sides to continue 



tures. This can be remedied somewhat by the on to the ends. 



apiarist understanding his business, and so Mr. Editor, can you not make a one-piece 



managing by skill and improved fixtures and section with these features— i. e., tops and bot- 



methods that the results in work will be more toms the same width throughout their length, 



nearly equal. Our present hive system— or and sides ditto, just like the four-piece section? 



whatever you may call it— is about like trying I favor such sections, and 4x5x1%, used with 



to build a house a little at a time, and during a full separators. The top and bottom bars 



term of ten or fifteen years, and all the time should be a trifle wider than the thickness of 



trying to obtain the greatest amount of com- the finished comb, not more, if we want corners 



fort, economy, and profit. When the structure nicely filled, 



is done it is an expensive, ill-proportioned, in- Loveland, Colo. 



congruous mass. About the only way to get [We can and have been making just such 



the best results is to tear down the whole thing one piece sections as you describe in your last 



and build anew; and in the new, profit bv the paragraph. Biit as there has been so little 



fixneriencp nf the nast ' demand for them we have discontinued listing 



experience or tne past. ^Yxe.m. The open-corner Danzenbaker section, 



If we must stick to the present size of section but 4i:{ inches square, would, I think, meet 

 in length and width, let us keep it thick enough your approval— see No. 7 of our catalog, p. 12. 

 to make an honest section. I want here to Regarriinrr light weights, I can't see the mat- 

 ^ ^ • ,. .u . t 1- r ^u ter just exactly as you do. The average con- 

 protest against the custom of speaking of the sumer does not know how much a section of 

 thickness of a section as its width. I know to honey weighs. He only thinks of it as a chunk 

 speak of a section when its mechanical con- ^^ }^°^^^ costing so much. I think you will 

 s.r„ct,o„ al.ne „ Involved, we might speak o, «r„J^.'t'r'i:ia'ir;.";,';1e'^?''.'h:r?Si'f;,li'p'oT,ifs' 

 the material as 17 inches long, 2 wide, and 3^' The tendency nowadays is toward smaller 

 thick; but when speaking of it in reference to prices, and in honey It liiust mean smaller or 



its fanafitvif has Ipnp-rh wiHth a nrl thinVrnPss- thinner combs; and in regard to these latter 



Its capacity it has length, w idth. and thickness, ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^.^,^_ 



and since the length and width are the same ness of thw average s^ore combs in nature; that 



and regular, the variations the other way honey ripens more quickly and better in thin 



should be thickness, not width, as many call it. rather than in thick combs. There are argu- 



T ™v, _ . i u „ „:j ;n i .• meuts for thin combs out'iide of anv suppjsed 



Lumber two inches wide will make a section g^eed on the part of the dealer.-ED.J 

 two inches thick. 



I have indulged in a few figures to find out * ^ 



the capacity of various sizes of sections. At SHIPPING HONEY, 

 first I calculated by outside measure; but I 



^ , , ^/^ , , , , THE CARELESSNESS <iP^ FREIGHT-HANDLERS. 



remembered that, the further we get from the 



cube or square, the more wood in the section ^'J C. Tlieil man. 

 walls. A 4i4:x43i section in the flat is 17 inches in Gleanings, page 9, we find a very valua- 

 long; and if one inch thick it contains, inside ble article on packing and shipping comb hon- 

 measure, 16 inches of space. A section 2i^x8K ey, by C. F. Muth. It should be read and re- 

 xl would contain 16 inches of space, but in the read by every producer and shipper for the 

 flat would be 21 inches long. This shows that benefit of both. I can agree with Mr. Muth on 

 the true way to count for capacity is inside nearly every point set forth, but would add one 

 measure. more of the most important points on the trans- 

 Here is a table comparing two sizes and vari- portation side. 

 ous thicknesses. There are probably but few shippers and re- 

 4J^ X 4}< x 2 32 cubic inches. ceivers of honey who have had actual experi- 



t¥^^t¥^^ V^y o2 '^^^'^i'^ inches. gnce on the cars wh^re honey and other goods 



4}^ X 43^x1% 28 cubic inches. j . , u- ^ t u v, ^ ■^■ 



3X X 5 X 2 .34t^ cubic inches. ^"^^ ^^ock are shipped, as I have had, riding 



3% X .5 X 1% "32^^ cubic inches. with such goods on thu same train. Consider- 



3% X 5 X 1% SOi^'V cubic inches. ing the way some of these cars are flung around 



3%x5 xlM 27fiJ cubic inches. in switching on the different stations en route, 



A 4i^x43^xlX section, used between separat- behind the engines, and sometimes sent a flying 



ors, and with bottom starters, and well built on a down grade with such a blow against the 



down to bottoms, will hold an honest pound. rest of the train as brings the stock on their 



A 3Kx5xl% has just a trifle more capacity in knees, it makes you think there was a collision. 



cubic inches of space, and will, I believe, hold It is a wonder that any whole section of honey 



a little more honey. When we used the nailed is left on arrival at destination. No matter 



sections with top and bottom bars same width how well it may be put up and packed, espe- 



