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Nailed Sections. 



arrangement (Fig. 55). I have received from Mr. James 

 Heddon a similar section, very neat and beautifully finished, 

 which is made in Vermont. 



The Phelps-Wheeler-Betsinger sections (Fig. 56) are 

 essentially the same. The top and bottom are three-eights 

 narrower than the sides, and are nailed to them. The Wheeler 



Fig. 56. 



Fig. 57, 



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Nailed Section. 



One Pound Section. 

 Fig. 58. 



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Prize Section. 



section — invented and patented by Mr. Geo. T. Wheeler, 

 Mexico, New York, in 1870 — is remarkable for being the first 

 (Fig. 64, K) to be used with tin separators (Fig. 64, M). 

 Instead of making the bottoms narrower for a passage, Mr. 

 Wheeler made an opening in the bottom. 



Another style of section, termed the one-piece-section (Fig. 

 57), is, as its name implies, made of a single piece of wood, 

 with three cross cuts so that it can be easily bent into a 

 square. The fourth angle unites by notches and projections 

 as before described (Fig. 55). This is now patented by a Mr. 

 Farncrook, of Wisconsin ; but as I made and used essentially 

 the same thing at least four years before the patent was grant- 

 ed, I do not see how it can be valid. Still I am no lawyer; 

 much less a patent-right attorney. These one-piece sections 

 are now, I think, the favorites among bee-keepers. 



Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sections 

 in use in the United States ; the prize section (Fig. 58) which 

 is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth inches, and the 

 one pound section, (Fig. 57) which is four and one-fourth 

 inches square. The latter is coming rapidly to the front, as 

 honey in it sells more readily than if in a larger section. Even 

 half pound sections have taken the lead in the Boston and 

 Chicago markets the past season. It is quite possible that 

 these small sections will rule in the markets of the future. 



