THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



to be used in the old style of supers in 

 connection with the open all around, or 

 open on four sides, sections. With this 

 arranj^enient we get the advantage of free 

 comniunication throughout the super 

 from row to row and from section to sec- 

 lion in each row; also from diagonally 

 opposite. 



It will be seen that this arrangement 

 gives a great deal freer communication 

 than the plain section and fence separa- 

 tor; which give communication only from 

 row to row; while the only cost will be 

 for separators, as sections have to be 

 bought any way, and the new sections 

 can be gradually introduced if it is desir- 

 able to use the old ones already on hand. 

 The same is true of the separators. The 

 section holders are, of course, all right 

 with this super. There will be but little 

 jiropolis, and that only where the cor- 

 ners of the sections touch the separators; 

 aud in crating the honey, these corners 

 can be easily split off, leaving the sec- 

 tions of the plain style. There will, of 

 course, be less pop holes in these sections 

 when finished, than with the fence sep- 

 arators; because there are no cleats on 

 the separators opjjosite the edges of sec- 

 tions, as there are with fence separators. 



With these separators there are no 

 glue-traps to clean. 



For those who wish to take better ad- 

 vantage of the plain section, we have a 

 separator made on the same principle as 

 the one just described. It is shown at 

 the right in the cut. ( The one shown is 

 for the Ideal super, but when made for 

 4 '4 section it would, of course, be the 

 same in principle). In place of the pro- 

 jections on the corners of the sections, 

 little pieces are glued on the top edge of 

 the separator. These pieces are i inch 

 by a little over '3 of an inch thick. They 

 are saw-kerfed in the center to the depth 

 of -^4 of an inch, and slip over the upper 

 edge of separator, leaving 1-6 of an incli 

 on each side. These pieces project '4 

 inch above the top of the separators, ami 

 the top of the sections come up even with 

 the top of the pieces. The pieces on the 



bottom edge of the separator are i >2 inch 

 long and saw-kerfed back ^4 inch and 

 slip on the lower edge of separators. The 

 bottom of pieces come even with bottom 

 side of the slats, which leaves ^ passage 

 way under the edge of separator. 



The end cleats on the.se separators 

 are the same as those used on fence separa- 

 tors. Six separators .are u.sed in each 

 super, with a follower at one side; one 

 has little pieces 1-6 of an inch thick glu- 

 ed on to correspond with the pieces on 

 the separators. The other side of the 

 follower is smooth and a wedge is used 

 behind it. 



THE HVDK SCHOI.1^ SEP.\RATORS. 



In the cut the super is shown above 

 the separators, sitting on edge, with the 

 bottom towards the front. 



With this arrangement there is secured 

 the advantage of the plain sections and 

 freer communication from brood nest to 

 bottom of super. 



We hope bee keepers will give these 

 arrangements careful consideration be- 

 fore buying new goods. Remember .w 



