go A Modern Bee-Farm 



The side bars are each 4J-inches long by i|-inch wide, 

 with a sawcut across each end, at J-inch from the edge, into 

 which the top and bottom rails (i/i6th inch thick), are fixed . 

 securely ; these being i^-inch wide and 4-!^ inches (bare) long. 

 For half-pounds the sides are 4|- inches by ij-inch, and the 

 thin rails ij-inch by-2f inches. 



If the sections are required flat, the top and bottom rails 

 must be a little thicker, with a tongue and shoulder as shown 

 by Fig. 27. In that case the sawcut in the side bars will be 

 only the thickness of the horizontal rails from each edge. 



Separators 



are made of either thin wood or tin, and are generally arranged 

 to allow a space above or below them of not less than 3/i6th 

 inch from the upper and lower part of the sections. One with 

 slots, suggested by " Amateur Expert," who contributes to 

 the British Bee Journal, is illustrated (Fig, 28) with slots to 

 correspond with the side bee-spaces in sections. 



Where there ar'e no side spaces in the sections, the slots 

 are dispensed with. 



No Space between Supers. 



Fig. 20 shows a still further development with regard to 

 doing away with all intermediate spacing. This Rack is very 

 simple, has no bottom rests at all, and allows the sections to- 

 stand close upon the frames and upon each other. Nothing 

 can excel the simplicity and at the same time the efficiency of 

 this arrangement. Practice absolutely confirms the fact that 

 by dispensing with these useless passages, the surplus stored 

 above the brood nest is largely augmented. In carrying, the 

 sections are allowed to bear upon the side strip, and when 

 not in use the racks lie flat and take up little room. 



For years past I have persistently advocated the use of 

 full sheets of foundation in sections, and found no better plan 

 of securing such than by its insertion into my sections cut 



