BEE MANUAL. 143 
The slats are gths of an inch below the upper edge to give the 
top bee-space, but there is no allowance made in the board 
itself for a bee-space below. This is secured by making the 
frame large enough to rest on the outside edges of the hive, the 
tops of the frames being about bee-space below the edge. 
With the hive in general use here (already described) we 
could not very well, nor wisely, I think, break the junction 
between the hive and its super with the frame of a honey- 
board, unless the frame could be made to fit in a similar 
manner. I see nothing to prevent the honey-board resting on 
the frames themselves ; we could then make the section cases 
to fit the lower hive, or each other, the same as our hive bodies 
do at present. 
For strength I would make the frame in. deep by %in. wide, 
of the exact dimensions of inside of hive, viz., 184in. by 144in. 
Before nailing it together, run a groove din. wide by }in. deep, 
along the centre of the depth of the end pieces. Next cut nine 
slats, $in. by fin. wide, din. longer than the inside dimensions 
of the frame. Nail the two ends (grooves inwards) and one 
side together, slip the ends of the slats into the grooves, and 
nail on the other side of frame. Space the nine slats 3in. apart 
and fasten them with small nails at each end ; cut six slats, 
2in, square, to nail on (three on each side) across the others at 
equal distances apart, to keep them firm and prevent them 
twisting. The sides of the frame might be bevelled on their 
inner edges, to give room for the bees to get up into the 
sections at the sides of the case. The honey-board is now com- 
plete, and may be placed on the frames either side up, as there 
is 2ths of an inch bee-space on both sides below the long 
slats. 
A half-story body, used with the Langstroth hive, can be 
converted into a Heddon section case for use with the above 
honey-board by merely putting in the divisions, its measure- 
ments for this purpose being correct. The length of the inside 
is 184in., and as this space is to take four 4Jin. sections and 
three division boards (see Fig. 61), we must make the latter of 
half-inch material, or rather less, so that the sections may slip 
into their places readily. The divisions should be cut 4jin. 
wide and 144in. long (the width of the case), and nailed in the 
body, so that they will divide the length into four compart- 
ments of a full 44in. each. The upper edge of each division 
