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Nailed Sections: 



arrangement (Fig. 55). I have received from Mr. James 

 Heddon a similar section, very neat and beautifully finished, 

 which is made in Vermont. 



The Phelps-Wheeler-Betsinger sections (Fig. 56) are 

 essentially the same. The top and bottom are three-eighths 

 narrower than the sides, and are nailed to them. The Wheeler 



Fig. 56. 



Fig. 57. 



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One Pound Section. 

 Fig. 58. 



Nailed Section. 



Prize Section. 



section — invented and patented by Mr. Geo. T. Wheeler, 

 Mexico, New York, in 1870 — is remarkSible for being the first 

 (Fig. 64, K) to be used with tin separators (Fig. 64, if). 

 Instead of making the bottoms narrower for a passage, Mr. 

 Wheeler made an opening in the bottom. 



Another style of section, termed the' one-piece-section (Fig. 

 57), is; as its name implies, made of a single piece of wood, 

 with three cross cuts so that it can be easily bent into a 

 square. The fourth angle unites by notches and projections 

 as before described (Fig. 55). This is now patented by a Mr. 

 Farncrook, of Wisconsin ; but as I made and used essentially 

 the same thing at least four years before the patent was grant- 

 ed, I do not see how it can be valid. Still I am no lawyer ; 

 much less a patent-right attorney. These one-piece sections 

 are now, I think, the favorites among bee-keepers. 



Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sections 

 in use in the United States ; the prize section (Fig. 58) which 

 is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth inches, and the 

 4)ne pound sectioi^ (Fig. 57) .which is four and one-fourth 

 inches square. The latter is coming rapidly to the front, as 

 honey in it sells more readily than if in a larger section. Even 

 half pound sections have taken the lead in the Boston and 

 Chicago markets the -past season. It is quite possible that 

 these small sections will rule in the markets of the future. 



