108 DIVIDERS. 



and half an inch wide, the end of which should be 

 turned up about two inches and be double-edged, 

 that it may cut both ways. This instrument, 

 which should be fixed in a wooden handle, being 

 passed between the combs, will enable the opera- 

 tor to separate them from their attachment to the 

 bars. 



Those who make use of the Moreton hives, a 

 description of which is given in the chapter on 

 Hives, should be furnished with two strips of 

 tin four inches by fifteen ; these will protect the 

 straw bottoms of the upper hives during the in- 

 troduction of the dividers, and should be intro- 

 duced one on each side, the hives having been pre- 

 viously dissevered by means of the spatula. 



