CHAPTER IX 



COMB HONEY IN SECTIONS 



To produce section honey we require : — • 



1. Sections. 



2. Foundation. 



3. Section rack. 



4. Dividers. 



5. Queen excluder. 



1. Sections. — These are now always made in one 

 piece of American bass wood, and are 17 inches long 

 by two inches wide, divided into four equal parts of 

 4I inches each, by means of equi- distant v-shaped 

 grooves, these latter almost severing the wood, and 

 each extremity is furnished with dovetails. These 

 extremities when united, form a small box 4J inches 

 square, with one dovetailed and three mitred joints. 

 The full width of 2 inches is preserved at the corners 

 only, the wood being cut away or incepted for ^ inch 

 top and bottom, or more generally in top, bottom, and 

 sides, so that when a number of folded sections are 

 packed together in the rack, passage-ways for the bees 

 are provided in all directions. Sections incepted top 

 and bottom only are termed two-bee-way sections, 

 whilst those cut away on all four sides are called 

 four-bee-way sections. 



2. Fixing Foundation — Sections are now obtainable, 

 the top bar of which is split in two. In folding these, 

 one half of the upper bar only is folded ; against this 

 folded half place the foundation, and then press the 



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