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BEES FOK PLBASUKB AND PEOFIT. 



there. They are, however, very extensively used, not only in 

 America, but throughout most of our colonies. 



When using No-bee-way sections in section racks it is 

 necessary, in place of the ordinary dividers illustrated on p. 39 

 (fig. 26) to use a special wood divider or " fence," as it is 

 called, illustrated in fig. 42, which provides the necessary space 

 between the sections for the passage of the bees by means of 

 the small battens or uprights which fit against the edges 



Fig. 42. — Fence divider for use with No-l>ee-way sectiona. 



of the sections. These dividers are objectionable, being so 

 flimsy that they are liable to warp, and are very easily 

 damaged and broken. The sections also, for ordinary work, 

 are objectionable, since whenever the honey comb extends even 

 an eight part of an inch beyond the woodwork — as it some- 

 times does — it is liable to get crushed and damaged in packing ; 

 but for the purpose of splitting in half to put into frames for 

 forming baby nuclei no section is so suitable. 



Hatching Brood in Chicken Incubators. 



Having selected a good strong colony from which to form 

 our nuclei, we should go to it and remove all frames that do 

 not contain brood ; thus crowding the bees somewhat. In the 

 very centre of the brood nest we then insert a frame of 

 sections fitted with full sheets of foundation. Forty-eight 

 hours afterwards we must examine the hive, and if the 

 foundation in the frame of sections has been drawn out and is 

 full of eggs — as it should be — we write on it the date on 

 which it was inserted (so that we may know on what date the 

 brood is due to hatch) and return it to the hive, adding 

 another frame of sections as well, also near the centre of the 

 brood nest, and repeating this operation every two or three 

 days until such time as we find that the frame last inserted is 

 not full of eggs, when we must wait until it is full before 

 inserting another frame. 



