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bees will be forced to go into the sections to work ; and as the 

 storage room is all above, the bees must necessarily place the 

 surplus honey in the sections. This is pretty good reason- 

 ing and is a method that we find works well. Yet, I am of 

 the Opinion that there is such a thing as going too far in the 

 line of contraction. 



I think it is as well to make the brood-chamber as small as 

 it should be and at the same time furnish room for the accom- 

 modation of the bees, so far as is necessary for rearing broocjl 

 and storing a sufficient amount of honey for the winter's sup- 

 ply of food. On this point, Dr. G-. L. Tinker and myself 

 reached the same conclusions unbeknown to each other and 

 at about the same time. I do not believe in fussing with the 

 brood-chamber at all. Space will not allow me to give my 

 objections to the useless meddling with the bees. I am sure 

 I can produce more honey in the sections by my method than 

 it is possible to obtain by any system of contraction. The 

 brood-chamber that, gives me the best results has eight frames 

 17^ inches wide and 7J- inches deep. This is inside measure. 

 With a brood-nest containing only that number of cubic 

 inches, there is no special need of contraction. 



Tiering sections. 

 Tiering is now practised by all successful honey producers. 

 The old-fashioned method of placing boxes or sections in or at 

 the side of the brood-nest is one of the things of the past ; 

 while the better plan of tiering above the brood-chamber has 

 taken the place of all other methods. The reversible section 

 case is peculiarly adapted 

 to the tiering system and 

 was devised with that end 

 in view. The passage way 

 from the bottom of the 

 ' frames is continuous to 

 the farthest section on the 

 hive. We liave had as 

 many as four cases, one 

 piled above the other on 

 a hive at one time and the 

 bees filled all before any 



were removed. When one case is nearly full, raise and re- 

 verse it and place another under, and so on until there are 

 not over four cases on the hive. 



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Fig. 6. Section-case and brood-cliambei: 



