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The sections are of such a size (Fig-. 110) that four, six or 

 nine, etc., will just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one 

 side of each large frame are two tin, or thin wooden, strips 

 (Fig. 110, t, t) in case separators are to be used, as long as the 

 frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These 

 are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of the 



Fig. 110. 



Qallup Frame with Sections, — Original. 



large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus permitting 

 the bees to pass readily from one tier of sections to another, 

 as do the narrower top and bottom bars of the sections, from 

 those below to those above. Captain Hetherington tells me 

 that Mr. Quinby used these many years ago. It is more 

 trouble to make these frames if we have the tins set in so as 

 just to come flush with the edge of the end-bars of the frames, 

 but then the frames would hang close together, and would not 

 be so stuck together with propolis. These may be hung in the 

 second story of a two-story hive, and just enough to fill the 

 same — my hives will take nine — or they can be put below, 

 beside the brood-combs. Mr. Doolittle, in case he hangs these 

 below, inserts a perforated division-board, so that the queen 

 will not enter the sections and lay eggs. 



