COMB HONEY. 



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These sections are made of Iwo kinds, dovetailed in four 

 pieces, or in one piece and folded. The first can be made of 

 any kind of white wood, while the latter are made of bass- 

 wood onl^'. 



723. Sections are usually made % inch thick and 11-2 to 

 2 mches wide. The standard section for Langstroth hives is 

 4V4X41.1 inches, with openings at the bottom and top. 



724:. They are giveu to the laees in the upper stoiy. Stor- 



Fig. 1S8. 



SUPER WITH PATTERN SLATS. 



age room, on the sides of the brood chamher, has been periodi- 

 cally advised by inventors of new hives, but Ijees never fill 

 and seal sections placed at the side as fast as if put above 

 the brood chamber. 



Sections are placed on the hive in supers with pattern slats 

 on which the sections rest as in fig. 188, in T supers with 

 metal rests, fig. 201, or in wide frames, figs 180 and 190. 



With either of these methods, some principles must be ad- 

 hered to. 



