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SECTIONAL BROOD 

 CHAMBERS. 



By Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



{Continued from March Number.'] 



The frames can be supported in 

 the sectional case on strips of sheet 

 iron cut -^^ wide and as long as 

 the case is wide inside, the strips 

 to be inserted in thin saw cuts 

 made y^g of an inch from the in- 

 side lower edges of the ends to 

 enter the wood only -f^ of an inch. 

 This construction will give a proper 

 bee space under the frames which 

 should extend to the top of the case. 

 The width of the end pieces of the 

 frames should be If inches and the 

 thickness ^ of an inch making a 

 closed end frame to rest on the 

 sheet iron strips. The width of 



the top and bottom bars should be 

 the same and may be J by \ inch 

 in thickness. Here let me call the 

 attention of beekeepers to tlie com- 

 parative cheapness of these frames, 

 if dovetailed at the corners, to those 

 in common use. They need no 

 nails and a set of fourteen for one 

 hive can be put together in a few 

 minutes and, as they can easily be 

 made very accurate, they will al- 

 ways fit nicely in the cases. The 

 length of the frame might well cor- 

 respond with the 4^ X 4|- section 

 now so popular. The outside would 

 tlierefore be seventeen inches long 

 and, if made just five inclies deep, 

 it will take one-half of a sheet of 

 foundation cut the regular size for 

 the L. frame. The frames can be 

 taken out of the cases very readily 

 since, being very shallow, the cases 

 can be set on end and the fi-ames 

 pushed through, one or more at a 

 time. Hence the worthlessness of 

 all clamps to hold the frames will 

 be apparent. 



Again, if we are to handle hives 

 rather than frames, we can see no 

 advantage in having so many frames 

 in each case. I think we shall find 

 seven enough, though many may 

 prefer eight or even nine frames to 

 the case. It will be then very light 

 to handle, but to further lighten it 

 we would make the sides only f of 

 an inch thick and the ends f of an 

 inch and make the usual hand holes 

 in the ends or nail cleats across the 

 ends a little above the middle line 

 to handle them by. 



The bottom board we would 

 make out of one-half inch stuff with 

 a cleat across each end of one-inch 

 (73) 



