128 The Heddon Surplus Case. 



neat. No one after using this will do without it, I am 

 sure. By tacking a piece of perforated zinc (Pig. 44) on 

 the under side of this honey board it also becomes a 

 queen excluder. 



THE HEDDON SURPLUS-CASE. 



This is just as long and broad as the hive, and three- 

 eighths of an inch deeper than the height of the section to 



Perforated Zinc Division-Board. 



be used. (See Fig. 42, D.) Thus on the hive described 

 it will be 13 by 19$ inches and if we use common 1-H> 

 sections which are A\ inches square, it will be 4£ inches 

 deep. Partitions are fastened in by use of screws or 

 nails just far enough apart to receive the sections. Thus 

 in the 1-Eb sections 4£ inches apart. These partitions are 

 as wide as the crate or case is deep. Narrow strips of 

 tin are nailed to the bottom of these partitions and to 

 the bottom of the ends of the case, projecting enough 

 to sustain the sections when they are placed in the case. 

 It will be seen that when in place the sections reach to 

 within three-eighths of an inch of the top of the case. 

 This must he just three-eighths of an inch. It keeps sec- 

 tions all clean, but will not if not just this bee space. 

 The cover of the hive is a plain board, a little wider and 

 longer than the hive. The ends of this are fitted into 

 a grooved cross-piece about twice as thick as the board, 

 and firmly nailed. These cross-pieces prevent the top 

 from warping and splitting. It will be seen that we 

 have here no telescoping, and no beveling. Simply one 



