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only half as wide. Wo now have a square frame. Place such 

 frames side by side till a box is made of the desired length. 

 To hold these together, we have now only to tack on either 

 side one or two pieces of tin, putting a tack into each section, 

 thus forming a compact box without ends. The end frames 



Fig. 42 



should have a whole piece of lath for the bottom, and grooves 

 should be cut in the bottom and top laths, so that a glass may 

 be put in the ends. Of course there is ample chance for the 

 bees to enter from below. Now, by placing small pieces of 

 comb, or artificial comb foundation, which ranks as a discovery 

 with the movable-frame hive and honey-extractor, on the top 

 of each frame (Fig. 43), the bees will be led to construct a 

 separate comb in each frame, and each frame may be sold by 

 the retail dealer separately, by simply drawing the tacks from 

 the tins. Barker and Dicer, of Marshall, Michigan, make a 

 very neat sectional honey-box, which is quite like the above, 

 except that paper pasted over the frames takes the place of 



Fig. 43. 



the tins. These, too, have wood separators as used and sold 

 by the gentlemen named. The honey-boxes may be placed- 

 directly on the frames, or in case the queen makes trouble by ■ 

 entering them to deposit eggs — a trouble which I have seldom 



