BEE MANUAL. 143 



The slats are fths of an inch below the upper edge to give the 

 top bee-space, but there is no allowance made in the board 

 itself for a boe-space below. This is secured by making the 

 frame large enough to rest on the outside edges of the hive, the 

 tops of the frames being about bee-space below the edge. 

 With the hive in general use here (already described) we 

 could not very well, nor wisely, I think, break the junction 

 between the hive and its super with the frame of a honey- 

 board, unless the frame could be made to fit in a similar 

 manner. I see nothing to prevent the honey-board resting on 

 the frames themselves ; we could then make the section cases 

 to fit the lower hive, or each other, the same as our hive bodies 

 do at present. 



For strength I would make the frame Jin. deep by fin. wide, 

 of the exact dimensions of inside of hive, viz., 18Jin. by 14|iu. 

 Before nailing it together, run a groove -Jin. wide by Jin. deep, 

 along the centre of the depth of the end pieces. Next cut nine 

 slats, £in. by fin. wide, |in. longer than the inside dimensions 

 of the frame. Nail the two ends (grooves inwards) and one 

 side together, slip the ends of the slats into the grooves, and 

 nail on the other side of frame. Space the nine slats fin. apart 

 and fasten them with small nails at each end ; cut six slats, 

 fin. square, to nail on (three on each side) across the others at 

 equal distances apart, to keep them firm and prevent them 

 twisting. The sides of the frame might be bevelled on their 

 inner edges, to give room for the bees to get up into the 

 sections at the sides of the case. The honey-board is now com- 

 plete, and may be placed on the frames either side up, as there 

 is fths of an inch bee-space on both sides below the long 

 slats. 



A half-story body, used with the Langstroth hive, can be 

 converted into a Heddon section case for use with the above 

 honey-board by merely putting in the divisions, its measure- 

 ments for this purpose being correct. The length of the inside 

 is 18£in., and as this space is to take four 4Jin. sections and 

 three division boards (see Fig. 61), we must make the latter of 

 half-inch material, or rather less, so that the sections may slip 

 into their places readily. The divisions should be cut 4Jin. 

 wide and 14 Jin. long (the width of the case), and nailed in the 

 body, so that they will divide the length into four compart- 

 ments of a full 4 Jin. each. The upper edge of each division 



