BEE-KEEPING IN HOT CLIMATES. 85 



colonies with the greatest ease by giving combs of hatching 

 brood at intervals of a few days, the chances of such brood 

 being chilled by the paucity in number of bees to cover it 

 being infinitely less than in England. 



Sections should be used as Miniature Frames in Baby 

 Nucleus Hives. 



In forming very small or " Baby " nuclei, as they are 

 called, the use of 4| inch by 4| inch sections in place of 

 frames will be found very advantageous. 



South African Standard Size Frames. 



In South Africa I have introduced a frame, similar to the 

 British Standard size except that it is f inch deeper (i.e. 9| 

 inches instead of 8| inches deep) and the side bars are § inch 

 thick instead of | inch, while the bottom bars are j inch thick 

 instead of | inch. This leaves a space inside the bars of 12| 

 inches by 8J inches, or exactly suflBcient to hold six sections 4| 

 inches by 4^ inches. 



Preparing Sections to put into Frames. 



To cut the sections down to the necessary width (i.e. not 

 less than | inch or more than 1 inch) to fit into one of these 

 frames, the ordinary 1| inch or 2 inches wide sections are sawn 

 down the middle, each original section thus making two 

 narrow ones. These sections are then fitted with full sheets of 

 brood foundation, and placed in the frames. If they fit loosely 

 they must be jambed into the frames with tiny wedges of 

 wood, so as to hold them firmly in their place ; and the frame 

 will then be ready to insert in the brood nest of & strong hive, 

 as described later on. In fitting up sections in frames, the 

 two-bee-way sections should be chosen in preference to the 

 four-way, while the best sections of all for this work are those 

 which are perfectly plain and without any bee-ways at all. 



No-Bee- Way Sections. 



These plain sections, called " No-bee-way " sections, were 

 introduced a few years ago in America ; but they have found 

 little favour in England, and have never gained a foothold 



