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SO that the queen will not enter the sections and lay eggs. I 

 used them very successfully last summer without divisi^a- 

 boards, and neither brood nor pollen were placed in a single 

 cell. Perhaps wider tins would prevent this should it occur. 

 In long hives — the " New Idea" — which I find very satisfac- 

 tory, after several years' trial, especially for extracted honey 

 — ^I have used these frames of sections, and with 

 the best success. The Italians entered them at once, 

 and filled them even more quickly than other bees 

 filled the sections in the upper story. In fact, one 



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great advantage of these sections in the frames is the 

 obvious and ample passage-ways, inviting the bees to enter 

 them. But in our desire to make ample and inviting open- 

 ings, caution is required that we do not over-do the matter, 

 and invite the queen to injurious intrusion. So we have 

 Charybdis and Scylla, and must, by study, learn to so steer 

 between, as to avoid both dangers. 



BACKS. 



These are to use in lieu of large frames, to hold sections, 

 and are very convenient when we wish to set the sections only 

 one deep above the brood-chamber. Though, if desired, we 



