. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. ii8 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. hive than in the super, but they will seal it more rapidly in the latter.* For the super, or upper "story of the hive, the sections are placed in a case as Fig. 47, which holds three—in the. Fig- 47- figure, two are in position furnished with guide comb; the third space is empty, to show the position of the tin separator behind. These separators are a sheet of tin, placed between each case, of sections, either in the super or brood hive, to prevent the Bees building their combs of varying thicknesses. By this contrivance the wh
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bees. ii8 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. hive than in the super, but they will seal it more rapidly in the latter.* For the super, or upper "story of the hive, the sections are placed in a case as Fig. 47, which holds three—in the. Fig- 47- figure, two are in position furnished with guide comb; the third space is empty, to show the position of the tin separator behind. These separators are a sheet of tin, placed between each case, of sections, either in the super or brood hive, to prevent the Bees building their combs of varying thicknesses. By this contrivance the whole of the comb is kept within the box, which is, of course, a great desideratum in packing, as they can be laid close together without crushing. The case is made of the same material and in the same way as the sections them- selves ; it is three times as long, and just high enough for the sections to slip inside, and a sheet of tin 14 inches by 20 inches makes six separators. Both cases and separators may be used again and again, and they serve to keep the sections clean. Propolis may be washed oft them when not in use by boiling in weak lye. The ends ol the tin are bent at right angles, and sprung on to the case as shown in the figure, or may be dropped into a shallow notch, or lightly bradded on. Thus furnished, these cases are put side by side right into the frames without the interposition of any crown-board. As many should * A clever manager will so arrange that the Bees shall start and fill the section boxes in the brood chamber, and they may be afterwards removed to the super to seal over—empty boxes, as before, being put in their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, John. London, W. H. Allen
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