422 HONEY PBODUCTION. 



supers. Apiarists, who will follow our methods for extract- 

 ing and raise but little comb honey, will see the benefit of 

 using the same cases for both grades. 



Mr. Heddon's invertible broad frames, in invertible sec- 

 tion cases, are undoubtedly a good thing, especially as they 

 are crowded together by the pressure of screws or offsets. 



739. The section crate, invertible or not, is now used 

 by the majority of specialists. Messrs. Miller, Shuck, Arm- 

 strong, Manum, Foster, all comb honey producers, have 

 each a particular style of crate. Mr. C. C. Miller places 

 his sections in crates without to^D or bottom, three-eighths 

 of an inch deeper than the sections. To support the sec- 

 tions in these boxes, he nails, under both ends, a strip of 

 tin, which projects one fourth inch inside. Strips of tin, 

 bent in the form of an L and soldered back to back, to 

 form three inverted T's (fig. 170), are supported, across the 

 box, by six small pieces of sheet iron, nailed at regular 

 intervals under the sides of the box. Mr. A. I. Root im- 

 proved these T as seen in the figure. These crates holding 

 28 or 32 sections, can be piled upon one another, leaving a 

 bee space between them, while a similar bee space is pro- 

 vided between the sections and the slats of the skeleton 

 honey board (flg. 76), by the shape of the latter. 



740. Another way was contrived by Mr. Manum, of 

 Bristol, Vermont, whose success in raising comb honey is 

 well known. 



He also uses a box without top or bottom, and holding 

 only one row of 2-lb. sections, or two rows of 1 lb., eight 

 to the row. These boxes, too, have strips of tin nailed under 

 both sides and a band of sheet iron, for a cross-piece, run- 

 ning from end to end. A thumbscrew placed at one end, 

 and acting on an offset, presses the sections against each 

 other, and keeps the separators in place. Mr. Manum 

 has used these clamps for several years and is well satisfied 

 with them, 



