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Sections Described. 



REQUISITES OF GOOD SECTIONS. 



The wood should be white, the size small— two-pound 

 sections are as large as the market will tolerate. One- 

 pound sections are usually more salable, and in some mar- 

 kets even one-half pound sections are best of all. Of late 

 Mr. W. Harmer, of Manistee, Mich,, is making and using 

 successfully a two-ounce section. This is very neat and 

 cheap. It is made of a shaving and is glued. Such sec- 



FiG. 75. 



Dove- Tailed Section, 



tions would be the thing to sell at fairs. The size of the 

 sections has nothing to do with the amount of honey secured, 

 and so the market and extra cost should guide the apiarist 

 in this matter. 



As early as 1877 I used veneer sections, which were 

 essentially the same as the one-piece sections now so pop- 

 ular. After this I used nailed sections. At present only 

 the very neatest sections can catch the market, and so we 

 must buy our sections of those who can make them by 

 machinery neater and cheaper than we possibly can. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Mr. J. Heddon, and many others 

 prefer sections made as are children's toy blocks, the sides 

 fastened by a sort of mortise and tenon arrangement 

 (Fig. 75). These are preferred as they do not have the 

 shoulder of the one piece section. They are objected to 

 from the longer time required to put the pieces together, 

 and their lack of rigidity when together, so that they are 

 likely to get out of shape. 



The Wheeler section — invented and patented by Mr. 

 Geo. T. Wheeler, Mexico, New York, in 1870 is 



