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sections. As the vertical part of the X supports the sepa- 

 rator, it should not be more than one-half inch high. As 

 most of us use — must use — sejDarators, this is probably the 

 best section honey-crate for us, and so the best arrangement 

 for securing comb-honc^^ 



jSIr. Armstrong has invented a very nice crate with these 

 X. shaped tin supports, which can be inverted. Unfortu- 

 nately it is a little more complicated than the others de- 

 scribed above, yet simple as could well be and accomplish 

 what it does. Mr. Heddon has also a crate (Fig. 66) which 

 permits inversion, through the use of wide frames and 

 thumb screws. This is even more complicated than is Mr, 

 Armstrong's; and it also permits the use of separators. 



If we discard separators the old Heddon case is excel- 

 lent; if we must use separators then the case with J. 

 shaped tin supports is perhaps the best arrangement in the 

 market; if we must invert our sections to secure the best 

 result, then I think the Armstrong case the best section 

 crate that I have seen. 



Mr. Adam Grimm once wrote that boxes above the 

 hive should not be closely covered. As already stated, 

 Mr. Heddon puts no close cover over his sections. Mr. 

 Hasty is pleased with simply a cloth, cheap muslin, about 

 his sections and a board cover to protect from rains. Such 

 ventilation of the sections is scientific as well as practical. 



All apiarists who desire to work for comb honey that 

 will sell, will certainly use the sections, and adjust them by 

 use of either frames or crates. Each method has its 

 friends, though I think crates are justly taking the lead. 



SEPARATORS. 



These mav be of wood or tin. While the tin were first 

 used, and do" work well, the wood seem to be growing in 

 favor and seem likely to wholly replace the tin. The wood 

 are poorer conductors of heat, and also give a foothold for 

 the bees both of which are desirable qualities. 



FOOT POWER SAW. 



Every apiarist, who keeps only a few bees, will find, if 

 he makes his own hives, a foot power saw very valuable. 



