COMB HONEY. 11 
less. (2) The edges being plain with no insets, the plain sections are 
more easily cleaned of propolis when being prepared for market and 
are especially adapt- Ss aa 
ed to cleaning by Der eee Ney 
machinery. (3) By ee eed oe 
leaving the spacers == a 
nies, ction SS 
of the same honey “<== 5) 
content cecupy less) “$2 | SS ee ee 
apace in the ship-. ¢=[=—= =| = Se 
ping case, thus re- =a 
ducing the cost of — SS 
packages. (4) The  — = = = 
plain section is eee me 
Fic. 4.—Plain section in super, showing method ofspacing. (Original. 
adapted to an ar- si F ie a 
rangement permitting freer communication lengthwise of the row of 
sections, especially at the corners (p. 15). 
Some of the advantages of the beeway sections (fig. 3) are: (1) 
The honey is some- 
jo an what less liable to 
fie ee ee ee injury by handling. | 
—=—_ | —- —— — —— | = —- (2) Being wider at 
SESS _ EEE EEE =~ the comers where 
eee = =| folded, they are 
Sap Eee ime —|————:_ stronger. (3) Some 
aa a —— |———_—_ markets, being ac- 
—_—_— —_ poe ~~ cma 
Ss ra ge ee ale customed to the 
— |_———— J larger cases neces- 
re Somes = sary to contain a 
given number of 
beeway sections, ob- 
ject to the smaller 
package containing the same number of plain sections, simply be- 
cause it is smaller. 
Fic. 5.—Beeway section in super, showing method of spacing. 
(Original.) ; 
DIMENSIONS OF SECTIONS. 
Sections of various dimensions are in use by beekeepers, but the 
sizes in general use are the 44 inches square and the 4 by 5 inches. 
Some producers prefer the 4 by 5 sections because of the more pleasing 
appearance of the oblong package (fig. 6). The standard widths of 
the 44 by 44 inches section are 1% inches in the beeway style and 1} 
inches in the plain section. The extra width in the beeway style 
is for the purpose of spacing and does not add to the thickness of the 
comb. The 4 by 5 is 13 or 1} inches wide in the plain style and not 
much used in the beeway style. The 1% width of the 4 by 5 section 
contains prectically the same amount of honey when filled as the 
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