Sections in Wide Frames. 



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the remainder of the frame, so that when two frames are 

 side by side, there is three-eighths of an inch space between 

 the bottom-lDars, though the top and side pieces are close 

 together. In case sections are used that are open on all 

 sides then the ends of these section frames must also be 

 narrow. I should fear such an arrangement would be 

 objectionable from the amount of propolis that would be 

 used by the bees to make all secure. The sections are of 

 such a size (Fig. 79) that four or six or nine, etc., will 

 just fill one of the large frames. Nailed to one side of 

 each large frame are two tin, or thin wooden strips (Fig. 



Fig. 78. 



Gallup Section Front. 



79, t, i) in case separators are to be used, as long as the 

 frame, and as wide into one inch as are the sections. These 

 are tacked half an inch from the top and the bottom of 

 the large frames, and so are opposite the sections, thus per- 

 mitting the bees to pass readily from one tier of sections 

 to another, as do the narrower top and bottom bars of the 

 sections, from those below to those above. Captain Heth- 

 erington tells me that Mr. Quinby used these many years 

 ago. It is more trouble to make these frames if we have 

 the tins set in so as just to come flush with the edge of the 

 end-bars of the frames, but then the frames would hang 



