THE PRODUCTION OF HONEY. 
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entirely prevented by standing a number of sections 
together on edge, and pouring a stream of hot water 
along the line formed by the grooves (vg, vg, B) lying 
one behind the other. Driving the dovetails together 
completes the operation ; but the box is less solid 
than quite satisfies my notions of the fitness of things, 
and I strongly recommend the use of thin glue, as 
in in 
vg vg vg 
B 
Fig. 105.— Folding Sections in the Flat. 
A, Single Section ready for Folding— in, in, Incepts ; vg, vg, V Grooves ; d, d. Dove- 
tails. B, Edge View of Sections ready for Watering— Letterings as before. E and 
F, Angles formed by Plough and V Groove respectively— h. Points of Bending. 
before suggested. The objection of the time absorbed 
is not valid, for the use of glued and unglued sections 
convinces me that the latter require much more time 
in handling than the former, while they frequently 
break, and sometimes are the cause of a good comb 
being wrecked. In bending up the sections, a fold- 
ing-block (A, Fig. io6), into which the section fits 
2 G 2 
