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chisel (Fig. 53), to cut out the space, so that the bees may 

 enter the sections. These sections are awkward to glass, and 

 only good for home market, as they are too frail to ship. 

 They are cheap and easily made. They cost about two mills 

 each. 



The Hetherington brothers make a very neat section, as 

 follows: The top and bottom are each two inches wide, of 

 one-quarter inch white pine. These receive a groove one- 

 eighth inch from the ends, which receives the sides, one inch 

 wide and one-eighth inch thick, which are pressed through to 

 a central position and glued. This section is five and a half 

 inches square. They use wooden dividers (Fig. 54, a), one- 

 eighth of an inch thick, as long as the section, but one inch 



Fig. 55. 



Separator. 



Dove-Tailed Section. 



less in height, so that below and above is a half-inch space, 

 which permits the bees to pass readily from one section to 

 another. These are held by a half-inch strip of tin (Fig. 54, 

 6, 6), which passes through a groove (Fig. 54, c), in the ends 

 of the dividers, and reaches half an inch farther ; then turns 

 at rigfit-angles and ends in a point (Fig. 54, b), which, when 

 in use, sticks into the top or bottom pieces ; and so the four 

 points hold the divider in place. When ready to sell, they 

 insert half-inch glass in the grooves each side the narrow side- 

 pieces, and with tins fasten glass on the faces, and have a 

 very handsome section. It will be noticed that we have a 

 half-inch space between the sections. It ought to be at least 

 three-eighths of an inch. This makes inspection easy, aids in 

 getting the bees out when the sections are removed, facilitates 

 the passage of the bees, and the handling of the sections. 



Dr. C. C Miller prefers sections made as are children's 

 toy blocks, the sides fastened by a sort of mortise and tennon 



