. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 242 THB bes-kkbper's guide ; rapidly growing-in favor. These are used with "fences," to be described, and in the ordinary supers (Fig-. 106). Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sec- tions in use in the United States—the prize section (Fig. lOS), which is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth inches, and the one-pound section (Fig. 104), which is four and one-fourth inches square. The latter is coming rapidly to the front, as Fig. Plain Sectkms in Super, Showing Fence.—From A. I. Boot Co.
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 242 THB bes-kkbper's guide ; rapidly growing-in favor. These are used with "fences," to be described, and in the ordinary supers (Fig-. 106). Heretofore there have been two prevailing sizes of sec- tions in use in the United States—the prize section (Fig. lOS), which is five and one-fourth by six and one-fourth inches, and the one-pound section (Fig. 104), which is four and one-fourth inches square. The latter is coming rapidly to the front, as Fig. Plain Sectkms in Super, Showing Fence.—From A. I. Boot Co. honey in it sells more readily than if in a larger section. EJven half-pound sections have taken the lead in the Boston and Chicago markets. It is barely possible that these small sections will rule generally in the markets of the future. They would often sell more readily, and are far better to ship, as the combs will seldom if ever break from the sections. If, in arranging our sections, we desire to have them oblong, we would better make them so that they will be longest up and down. Mr. D. A. Jones finds that if so made they are filled and capped much sooner (Fig. 108). Captain J. E. Hetherington prefers the oblong section, being one which is three and seven-eighths by five inches. Mr. Danzenbaker uses one which is four by five inches. He thinks honey in such sections (Fig. 108) sells for a higher price. In the depth of the section, which fixes the thickness of the comb, a change from the common style seems to be desirable. Heretofore they have been generally made two inches deep. With such sections we must use separators to secure perfect combs. Dr. Miller uses separators, and pre- fers a depth of one and five-sevenths, or two inches. By reducing the depth to from one and three-eighths to one and. 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
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