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purpose. One cause of this preference is, that as they 

 are ordinarily filled, I can assort them, in packing for 

 market, in cases of 3, 6, and 12 boxes each, and make 

 them net weights of 5, 10, and 20 lbs. to the case. With 

 me, this is a desirable point. Furthermore, these smaller 

 combs are less liable to break down during transportation 

 than larger and heavier ones. 



CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION BOX. 



This size may be made by cutting two pieces '/, in. 



thick, 5'/, in. long, and 2 in. wide ; and two more '/, in. 



thick, 5 in. long, and 1% in. wide. 



This will make a box 5'/, in. square, 



(fig. 45). It should be nailed together 



Fig. 44. with y,-inch cigar-box nails. The 



TIN POINT FOR HOLD- 1 / .Jq_ gp^^g qq gj^gjj gj^g of the narrow 



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piece IS to receive the glass which is 

 fastened with tin points, cut for the purpose (fig. 44), 

 driven in the wood, 

 and bent down over 

 the edge of the glass. 

 These tm points 

 may either be driven 

 in, and bent down 

 before the boxes are 

 filled, or left until 



J,, ■, •» Fig. 45. — SECTION BOXES. 



afterwards, if pre- ^ 



ferred. There is something to recommend each method. 

 It is impracticable to require the 

 bees to fill the sections after they 

 are glassed. In nailing section-, 

 boxes together, it will be conve- 

 nient to use a form for the pur- 

 pose. By its use each piece is 

 held in its proper position, and 



Fig. 46. — FORM FOR MAKINO 

 SECTION BOXES. 



the boxes put together very rapidly (fig. 46). 



