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them coming true to square. With a lever and cramp 
motion to take the strain at two opposite corners, the 
tenons may be locked together as fast as the sections can 
be laid on the block. In dry weather these sections must 
first be damped at the \/-cuts, or many will break. 
The one-piece section has now taken such a hold in 
general estimation that no other style will ever supersede 
it; but where the apiarist has the time and convenience 
to make for his own use, my simple bee-space section 
will cost him even less than the other. 
Simmins’ Bee-space Sections. 
These were introduced prior to 1880, and the comb-honey 
in them has been much appreciated wherever offered for 
sale. Glass was used for the top and bottom rails in 
the first instance, and the top rail was split to receive 
foundation (Fig. 85). 2 
The side bars are each 4} inches long by 12-inch wide, 
with a saw-cut across each end, at }-inch from the edge, 
into which the top and bottom rails (1-16th inch thick), 
are fixed securely ; these being 14-inch wide and 44 inches 
(bare) long. For 4-lbs. the sides are 44 inches by 14-inch, 
and the thin rails 14-inch by 2? inches. 
If the sections are required flat, the top and bottom 
rails must be a little thicker, with a tongue and shoulder 
as shown by Fig. 86. In that case the saw-cut in the side 
bars will be half the thickness of the horizontal rails from 
each edge. 
Separators 
are made of either thin wood or tin, and are generally 
arranged to allow a space above or below them of not less 
than 3-16th inch from the upper and lower part of the 
sections. One with slots, suggested by “ Amateur Expert,” 
who at one time was a contributor to the Brztesh Bee 
