142 Ve)ieer Sections. 



ance, has always been, and always will be, admired and desired. 

 So, no hive is complete without its arrangement of section- 

 frames and crates, all constructed with the view of securing 

 this delectable comb-honey in the form that will be most tempt- 

 ing to the eye and palate. 



SURPLUS COMB-HONEY IN SECTIONS. 



Honey in several-pound boxes is no longer marketable, and 

 is now almost wholly replaced by comb-honey in sections. In 

 fact, there is no apparatus for securing comb-honey that prom- 

 ises so well as these sections. That they are just the thing to 

 enable us to tickle the market is shown by their rapid growth 

 in popular favor. . Some years ago I predicted, at one of our 

 State Conventions, that they would soon replace boxes, and 

 was laughed at. Nearly all who then laughed, now use these 

 sections. They are cheap, and with their use we can get 

 more honey, and in a form that will make it irresistible. 



REQUISITES OF GOOD SECTIONS. 



The wood should be white, the size just such as the market 

 demands, the form such as is convenient to lise with our hives, 

 so made that they may be glassed, not too much cut off from 

 brood-chamber, cheap, easily made, and so arranged as to be 

 put on or taken off the hive en Tnasse. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Since 1877, I have made neat, cheap sections, using clean 

 white veneer, such as is used to make berry boxes. The 

 veneer can be procured at the factories, of any width, and 

 Fig. 52. 



Fig. 53. 



3-16 Four Inches. 



Cutting Edge of Chisel. 



with a cross cut, so when they are bent they will be of any 

 desired form and size. I have bent them around a block 

 (Fig. 52), let them lap above the iron (Fig. 52, 6), and 

 tacked them with wrought tacks. To cut out spaces, I use a 



