COMB HONEY, APPLIANCES FOR 
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daubing, or fussing with plates. The 
housewife, in turn, has only to lay the 
package upon a plate, pass a common table 
knife around the comb, to separate the 
honey from the section proper, and the 
honey is ready for the table, without drip. 
WHAT SIZE OP SECTIONS TO USE. 
A few years ago there were a good many 
varieties and sizes and styles of sections on 
the market. For instance, there were the 
two-pound prize sections, the half-pound 
sections, and three-quarter pound sections; 
but in later years everything has been 
reduced down to practically three styles: 
viz., the 4)4 x 4)4 x 1% beeway sections, 
the plain 4)4 x 4)4 x 1%; and the 
4 x 5 x 1% plain sections. All of these 
three hold a scant pound of honey, section 
included; but under the federal net-weight 
law (see Labels) and some state laws it is 
not permissible to include the square of 
wood around it, and therefore the section 
must be sold in weights from 10 ounces for 
the lightest to 14 ounces for the heaviest. 
Doolittle's single-tier wide frames. 
While it might be desirable to have some¬ 
thing holding an even pound, yet no two 
sections will run exactly the same weight. 
See Grading Comb Honey. 
TALL VS. SQUARE SECTIONS. 
The standard section for a good many 
years has been and is 4)4 inches square; 
but, notwithstanding, during all this time, 
a good many beekeepers, principally in New 
York, have been using a section taller than 
broad. The late Capt. J. E. Hetherington, 
ay ho had the reputation of being the most 
extensive apiarist in the world, used a 
section 3% x 5. Other beekeepers in NeAV 
Comparative size of tall and square sections of the 
same weight. 
York use them slightly larger or slightly 
. smaller, but of the same proportion. See 
Hives. 
Some of the reasons that have been 
urged in favor of the tall sections are as 
follows: 
1. Weight for weight, and for the same 
thickness of comb, a tall section presents a 
bigger appearance than the average square 
one. In the 4 x 5 x 1% tall plain section, 
for example, there is about the same actual 
weight as the 4)4 x 4)4 x 1)4 plain; and 
yet, as will be seen by the engravings, the 
former looks the larger. As a result the 
tall box brings in some of the markets 
from one to two cents more per pound, 
but in other markets it brings no more. 
If this Avere the only reason why the tall 
box is preferred, we would say nothing 
about it here; but there are other reasons 
for this preference. 
2. By long association we have come to 
like the proportion of objects all about us 
that are taller than broad. Doors and Avin- 
dows of their present oblong shape are 
much more pleasing than if square. Nearly 
all packages of merchandise, such as drugs 
and groceries, are oblong in shape—that is, 
taller than broad. To cater further to this 
taste, brought about by long association 
Avitli the common objects around us, the 
tall section was introduced, and outside of 
its relative appearance of bigness as com- 
