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These sections are made of two 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 only. 



723. Sections are usually made % inch thick and 1% to 

 2 inches wide. The standard section for Langstroth hives is 

 4^4x4^4 inches, with openings at the bottom and top. 



724. They are given to the bees in the upper story. Stor- 



Fig. 1S8. 



SUPEK WITH PATTERN SLATS. 



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

 cally advised by inventors of new hives, but bees 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 189 and 199. 



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

 hered to. 



