THE PRODUCTION OF COMB HONEY. 



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split through. It is folded in a section block (fig. 23, a) ; but 

 before the top bar is fixed down, the sheet of foundation is 

 slipped into a groove. The foundation should be secured to the 

 top bar with melted beeswax. 



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Fig. 23. — A, Section Block ; b, Four Bee-way Secuo:!. 



The Size of the Sections. 



The one-pound sections now in general use are 4^ inches 

 square outside, and are made of bass wood g inch thick ; they 

 are made in two widths — viz., 1^ inch and 2 inches — of which 

 the 1| inch are perhaps the best for commercial purposes, 

 though the 2-inch sections present a more solid and substantial 

 appearance to the eye. 



The two-pound sections most used are 6^ inches by 5^ inches 

 outside. 



Some sections have " bee-ways " cut on two sides, as in 

 fig. 21, and some on four, as in fig. 23, b: they are hence 

 known as " two-way " and " four-way " sections respectively. 



Section Crates. 



Sections are worked in crates (fig. 24, a) pkced above 

 the frames of a hive, and also occasionally in frames (fig. 24, b) 

 which are placed at the sides of the hive and divided from the 

 brood nest by a dummy of " queen-excluding " zinc (fig. 24, c) 

 the holes in which are of such a size as to prevent the queens 

 and drones from passing through them, while workers go 



