COMB HONEY. 411 
These sections are made of two kinds, dovetailed in four 
pieces, or in one piece and bent. The first can be made 
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Fig. 169 (From ‘‘ Bees and Honey.’’) 
ONE PIECE SECTION. 
of any kind of white wood, while the latter are made of bass 
wood only. When the one piece sections are made by the 
splitting process, they are less apt to break in bending, but 
sawed sections can be safely put up by wetting the VY 
notches, before bending them. 
723. Sections are usually made 4 inch thick and 14 to 2 
inches wide. The standard section for Langstroth hives is 
43 x 4} inches, with openings at the bottom and top. 
Fig. 170. (From ‘‘Gleaningsin Bee Culture.”’) 
MILLER’S CRATE, OR SUPER. 
724. They are given to the bees in the upper story, like 
the extracting cases (fig. 178). Storage room,on the sides of 
the brood chamber, bas been periodically advised by inven- 
tors of new hives, but bees never fill and seal sections placed 
at the side as fast as if put above the brood chamber.* 
* There are few noted bee-keepers who are successful witn s combination 
of top and side storage. We will cite one of the leaders of American Apicul- 
ture, G. M. Doolittle. © 
