COMB HONEY. 



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These sections are made of two kinds, dovetailed in four 

 pieces, or in one piece and bent. Tlie first can be made 



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Fig. 169 (From ' ' Bees and Honey.") 

 ONE PIKCK 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 V 

 notches, before bending them. 



723. Sections are usually made J inch thick and li to 2 

 inches wide. The standard section for Langstroth hives is 

 4i X 4J inches, with openings at the bottom and top. 



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Fig. 170. (From ■ 'Gleanings in Bee Culture.") 

 miller's crate, ok super. 



734. 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, has 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 with a combination 

 of top and side storage. We wUl cite one of the leaders of American Apicul- 

 ture, G. M. Doolittle. 



