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taken off the section, which is thus made of one uniform 

 width, and the space is added to the separator, a diagram 

 of which is shown over the comb-hive in Fig. 17. This 

 fence separator allows of freer ingress and egress to the, 

 sections, and overcomes to a certain extent the bee's 

 feeling of isolation. On account of the plain equal sides 

 of the "no-bee-way" or plain section, it is necessary to 

 have a fence separator on the outside rows to provide a 

 passage way. Otherwise the sections flush against the 

 sides of the super are closed to the bees. 



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To keep the wood of the sections clean, and to have 

 a nice marketable appearance when filled with honey, 

 they should be crowded up tightly together to prevent 

 daubing with propolis.. (A resinous, sticky substance- 

 dark brown in colour, gathered from the buds of the 

 sunflower, oak, and various other plants and trees — used 

 by bees as putty for closing cracks, etc.). This is best 

 carried out by slipping a follower, shown over the hive 

 at Fig. 16, in the super side against the separator, and 

 applying pressure by two thumb screws similar to those 

 used with the Bolton hive. 



Years ago, a number of bee-keepers attempted to get 

 along without separators. While bees were easier started 

 in supers without separators, this disregard of the 



