FRAMES AND SECTIONS 39 
should be put back into the racks which should 
be ready for their reception, and wedged up to 
keep all square, This is most necessary, as other- 
wise a lot of labour and foundation will probably 
be wasted. Empty section-boxes cannot be kept 
true unless they are properly squared up in the 
racks. After the bees have filled them with honey 
the case is different, as all the joints are then 
immovably fixed. 
Finally, I would impress upon the novice the 
need for the utmost care and accuracy in this task 
of preparing frames and sections for the use of the 
bees. If this work is not well and efficiently per- 
formed, the work which follows afterwards will be 
equally bad. Combs will be twisted, or fall from 
their frames, while sections will be out of truth 
when filled, and eventually it will not be possible 
to glaze them. The blocks and dies must be 
accurately made and carefully used. If thin super 
foundation is ‘‘ nipped” in the slightest degree, it 
will ‘‘ buckle,” or bulge in the centre, and a bad 
section is the result. 
A frame is now being sold with a half-inch 
top-bar, and it has much to commend it. The 
ordinary bar, especially if it be split, is much too 
prone to sag under the weight of a heavy comb. 
This increases the space over the top-bars, with 
an additional amount of brace-comb, and other 
minor evils. 
