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The Heddon Surplus- 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. ) 



Fig. 64. 



^iieen-Kxcluding' Honey Board, 



Thus on the hive described it will be 13 by loz^ inches 

 and if we use common i -pound sections which are /lV 

 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 i-pound sections,4i^ 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 



