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board should be a Jin. below the top edge of the case. Three 

 strips of stout tin, or, what would be better, thin galvanised 

 iron, 14Jin. long by lin. wide, are now required ; down the 

 centre of each punch a few holes, and nail them along the 

 bottom edges of the divisions, allowing the strips to project a 

 quarter of an inch on each side ; these projections are to rest the 

 sections on. Two, more strips are required for the ends of the 

 case, which must be bent along their length, so that they may 

 be tacked on in their proper places, allowing only Jin. to 

 stand out as a support for the sections. The case is now com- 

 plete. 



Each compartment will take eight lfin. sections or seven 

 2in. ones, and just leave sufficient space for blocking them off 

 with a thin piece of wood. If separators are to be used one 

 will be required for each section. When the honey-board is 

 placed on the lower frames, and the case or half-story put on 

 in the usual way, there will be the requisite space, f ths of an 

 inch, from the frames to the board, and the same from the 

 board to the bottom of sections. The fin. pieces across the 

 honey-board might be put on so as to come directly under the 

 divisions of the case ; or, instead of the wood, strips of tin 

 could be tacked across the slats ; this would leave free com- 

 munication all over the honey-board. To use honey-boards 

 with our extracting hives we would have to make the boards 

 larger, so that the outside frame could rest on the edges of the 

 hive and support the super to give the necessary bee-spaces. 



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"Bees mat always be made peaceaele by inducing them to 

 accept op liquid sweets." Langstroth, 



