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‘perpendicular laths nailed to the back of the board to prevent it 
from warping, some soft pliable material being inserted between 
the boards and the laths in such a manner that it slightly pro- 
jects at each side. This board is rigidly attached to an upper 
bar 163% inches long, $ inch wide and 4 inch thick, in such a 
manner that the front edge of the upper bar shall project ;*; inch 
beyond the face of the dummy, the whole being so constructed 
that when the division board is placed in position it shall fit 
so closely to the sides and bottom of the box as to prevent the 
passage of bees or air from the rear to the front side of the 
dummy or vice versa, and that it shall remain in position as 
‘fixed. 
The quilt (Figs. 1 and 34) is a strong canvas covering, made about 
17 inches wide, and of the full length of 
26. Quiltand the body-box, so that it shall be large enough 
Coverings. to cover the upper bars of all the frames 
and the dummy when the body-box is full 
-of frames, and thus to confine the bees to the brood chamber. 
Upon it are placed other warm coverings of the same shape, 
preferably made of woollen material, the number of such cover- 
ings varying at different seasons according to the temperature 
‘it is desired to maintain in the brood chamber. Woollen 
material should never be placed next the bees, as it irritates them. 
‘The kind of section recommended for use is that known as the 
“D” section (Figs. 1 and 6), made in 
27. Sections. one piece to hold approximately one pound 
of honey in the comb. It is supplied in the 
flat, and consists of a piece of thin wood, jointed in three places 
with V joints by being partly cut through, so that it can be bent 
into a square measuring externally 4} inches by 4¢ inches by 2 
inches, and fastened by dovetails, which unite it at the fourth 
corner. 
Separators (Fig. 1) are thin sheets of wood which are inserted 
between the sections when the latter are 
28. Separators. placed in crates, to prevent the bees from 
drawing out the comb beyond the proper 
width. They are made in two sizes—the long separator is for 
use in the ‘‘ Economic” crate (29); the short separator is for 
use in the “ Divisional’? crate (80). Tin separators are not 
recommended ; they are more expensive than wood, and are 
liable to buckle and rust. 
‘The ‘‘ Economic ”’ section-crate (Fig. 6) is a four-sided wooden 
frame large enough to hold twenty-one 
29. “ Economie” two-inch wide one-pound sections, which 
Section-crate. are placed in three rows resting on wooden 
rails attached to the under-side of the crate; 
the sections are firmly pressed to the front of the crate by means 
of a wooden board called a ‘‘follower,’’ made the full width of the 
-erate internally, and kept in position by one or more springs 
-wedged in between the “ follower” and the back of the crate. 
