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By the use of the Manum clamps, the sections are placed 
so closely that the bees cannot put any propolis between 
their edges. But their other parts are not protected. 
741. To our mind, the implements invented by Mr. 
Oliver Foster, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, are worthy of notice 
and his conceptions of the general management of sections are 
so well explained, that we could not do better than copy a 
few pages of his small pamphlet. 
“There should be free communication between the sections in 
every direction. They should have deep slots on all 8 edges as 
shown in Fig. 176 so that bees can pass freely over the combs from 
end to end of the case, as well as from side to side, and from top 
to bottom. ; 
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Fig. 176. 
OPEN SECTIONS. 
(From ‘‘How to Raise Comb Honey.’’) 
“You may not appreciate the importance of this until you 
have tried them. 
“ When we take into consideration that the object on the part of the bees, 
tn storing up honey in Summer, is to have it accessible for Winter con- 
sumption, and that in Winter, the bees collect in a round ball, as nearly 
as possible, in a semi-torpid state with but littleif any motion, except that 
gradual moving of bees from the center to the surface and from the sur- 
Jace to the center of this ball, we may imagine how unwelcome it is to 
them to be obliged to divide their stores between four separate apartments, 
each of whichis four inches square and twelve inches long, with no com- 
munication between these apartments.” 
The italics are ours. This passage is most important. 
