Size and Form of Sections, 



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remarkable for being the first to be used with tin separa- 

 tors. Instead of making the bottoms narrower for a pas- 

 sage, Mr. Wheeler made an opening in the bottom. 



Another style of section, termed the one-piece section 

 (Fig. 76), is, as its name implies, made of a single piece 

 of wood, with three cross cuts so that it can be easily bent 

 into a square. The fourth angle unites by notches and 

 projections, as before described (Fig. 75). These one- 

 piece sections are now, I think, the favorites among bee- 

 keepers, i prefer these to the dove-tailed. They are 

 quickly and safely bent, if dampened slightly before bend- 



FiG. 76. 



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One Pound Section^ 



Fig. 77. 



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Prize Section, 



ing, and are firm when in shape for use. If, as argued by 

 Messrs. Dadant, Foster and Tinker, the sections open on 

 all sides are superior, then we must perforce use these one- 

 piece sections. 



Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sec- 

 tions in use in the United States: The prize section (Fig. 

 77), which is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth 

 inches, and the one-pound section (Fig. 76), which is four 

 and one-fourth inches square. The latter is coming rap- 

 idly to the front, as honey in it sells more readily than if 

 in a larger section. Even half-pound sections have taken 

 the lead in the Boston and Chicago niarkets. It is quite 

 possible that these small sections will rule generally in the 

 markets of the future. They would often sell more readily, 

 and are far better to ship, as the combs will seldom if ever 

 break from the sections. If in arranging our sections, we 

 desire to have them oblong, we better make them so that 



