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more than °/, in., measuring from the inside edge of the 
box. It will be scen that with this arrangement the becs 
are able to pass in, on but two sides of the pancl. ‘This 
is considered by many to present some advantages. With 
this panel, each clamp will contain but 14 boxes, while 
with the preceding one it will hold 16 boxes. I prefer 
the latter separator, as it 
enlarges the entrance by 5 = 
spreading the boxes, and === 
Ido not consider */, in. 
between the boxes an am- 
ple entrance. It will be 
seen that by making the 
panels */,, in. thick, it gives an opening of ’/,, in. 
Many of our best bee-keepers use only a’/, in. entrance, 
and I should not speak so positively, were it not that I 
have tested it very thoroughly and proved the superiority 
of the larger passage. I have arranged the width of box, 
and separators, with reference to the use of the clamp, at 
either top or sides, by placing the guides in proper position. 
Fig. 48.—sEPARATOR. 
THE CLAMP. 
This is made by nailing ~wo sides and one end of the 
right size, sub- 
stantially, and a 
strip ’/, in. deep 
across the bottom 
of the other end. 
The hight should 
be the same as 
that of the boxes. 
Nail a stmp of 
1-inch hoop-iron 
lengthwise at each 
edge of the bot- 
tom, and parallel with them; at the center, a piece of 
Fig. 49.—RMPTY CLAMP. 
