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bottom bar, when it buckles up, and is inclined to drop 

 from its insecure hold at the top and sides. 



Foundation in sections should never reach the bottom rai 1 

 by a space equal to t in. This allows for stretching by 

 the heat and weight of the bees ; the foundation remains 

 even all over, and when held within the plain-cut groove 

 will never fall. 



No-Bee-Way Sections.— My no-way, or plain section 

 was illustrated in my Price List of 1892, and the original 

 engravings are now used for the illustrations on page 167 

 of this work. 



Separators for Plain Sections are usually worked 

 with "gate "or "fence" dividers. My own preference 

 has always been for something thicker and stronger, as 

 illustrated by Fig. yo. This has slats secured to the half- 

 holder, and these pieces being a full -| in., or a bare { in. 

 thick, require no vertical pieces. 



Mr. S. Deacon, of Knysna, Cape of Good Hope, reminds 

 me he has a trouble I have not mentioned in my work. 

 He complains that it is the rule, rather than the exception, 

 for' the bees out there to leave their hives and combs — 

 every bee deserting and going off like a swarm. Once in 

 a while a similar thing happens in this climate, where, 

 through inattention, the bees have not been properly 

 supplied with stores. These swarms are called " starvation " 

 swarms. 



It may be that Mr. Deacon thought feeding unnecessary 

 in his locality, but as he states that the combs deserted are 

 perfectly empty, it points to the fact that the bees were 

 Arriving at the starvation point, and made the one 

 desperate effort in the hope of finding more favourable 

 pastures; 



