SECTIONS, 



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to size. Sections to hold one pound of honey measure 

 4j^ X 4j^ inchesj and those to hold two pounds, 6j^ X 5/i 

 inches, both sizes being the same width, viz., two inches. 

 A section rack or crate is something like a drawer, in which 

 seven sections are closely packed together. The lower side 

 of the sections is a quarter inch narrower than the sides, so 

 as to admit the bees, and the bottom of the (supposed) 

 drawer is cut away, so that the sections rest on a narrow strip 

 of wood at the sides. As in the case of the frames, comb 

 foundation, but of a special make, is required to guide the 

 bees in filling the sections with comb. This is called 

 " super " foundation ; and the best make has flat-bottomed 

 worker cells impressed on it. Opinions diflfer as to the 

 quantity which should be fixed in each section, but a strip 

 about four inches in length by two inches in depth will be 

 the best for all purposes. It is sold in sheets about twelve 

 by eight inches, about twenty, of which go to the pound. It 

 should be cut into pieces the proper size by means of a 

 sharp-pointed knife and straight-edge. To fix it in its place 

 the section is placed on the table, top downward, and on the 

 inside the piece of foundation is laid flat. H A smooth piece 

 of bone or metal, such as the handle of a knife or spoon, is 

 then dipped in very thin starch and rubbed hard on the 

 foundation, so as to press it into the wood, to which it will 

 adhere very firmly. It is then bent over at right angles, and 

 the section is placed in the crate, the side on which the 

 foundation is fixed being the top. , .r, ™,. . 



Onepound sections of honey 

 sell by retail for about one 

 shilling each, and the pro- 

 ducer will have little difficulty 

 in selling them in quantity for 

 between eightpence and ten- 

 pence each in any large town, 

 the price varying with supply. 



The best sections, as the 

 cases or boxes to hold the honey 

 are called, are made in the Fig. — ilb. Section (folded) with 

 United States. They are sent Comb Foundation. 



over as flat strips of wood, seventeen inches long, across 





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