184 The Heddon Sur plus- Case, 
piece of tin be soldered across the middle to strengthen the 
zinc and prevent sagging. The tin should be so placed as 
not to touch the frames below, but come between them. 
Mr. Heddon also suggests that the wooden rim be replaced 
by a narrow margin of the zinc itself, bent at right angles 
to the plane of the metal. 
THE HEDDON SURPLUS-CASE. 
As this admirable case is so a part of this hive I will 
describe it right here, though it properly belongs to the sub- 
ject of crate for surplus honey. This case is just as long 
and broad as the hive, and three-eighths of an inch deeper 
than the height of the section to be used. (See Fig. 63, D.) 
Fic. 64. 
Queen-Excluding Honey Board, 
Thus on the hive described it will be-13 by 197 inches, 
and if we use common t-pound sections which are 41 
inches square, it will be 45% inches deep. Partitions are 
fastened in by use of screws or nails just far enough apart to 
receive the sections; thus in the 1-pound sections, 41/ inches 
apart. These partitions are as wide as the crate or case is 
deep. Narrow strips of tin are nailed to the bottom of 
these partitions and to the bottom of the ends of the case, 
projecting enough to sustain the sections when they are 
