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three-fourths inches, the expense of separators is found by 

 some to be unnecessary. In feeding- back to have sections 

 completed, or where each section is removed as soon as capped, 

 separators are indispensable. While I have never succeeded 

 satisfactorily without separators^ — as the sections of comb 

 would not be regular enough to ship well — yet I prefer the 

 depth of my sections to be one and five-sevenths inches, or 

 seven to the foot. These hold about three-fourths of a pound. 

 I now believe that the best section for to-day is one four and 

 one-quarter inches square and one and five-sevenths inches in 



Fig. 108. 



Oblong and Square Sections. — From A. I. Boot Co. 



depth. We secure nicer comb for the table, with the thinner 

 combs, and more bees are able to work on a super or frame of 

 sections, so that the foundation is more speedily drawn out. 

 While a little more honey might be secured in two-pound sec- 

 tions, the market would, I think, make their use undesirable. 

 Of course, any decided change in the form and size of our sec- 

 tions involves no small expense, as it requires that the supers 



