. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. , OF THB APIARY. 243 three-fourths inches, the expense of separators is found by some to be unnecessary. In feeding- back to have sections completed, or where each section is removed as soon as capped, separators are indispensable. While I have never succeeded satisfactorily without separators^—as the sections of comb would not be regular enough to ship well—yet I prefer the depth of my sections to be one and five-sevenths inches, or seven to the foot. These hold about three-fourths of a pound. I now believe that the best sectio
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. , OF THB APIARY. 243 three-fourths inches, the expense of separators is found by some to be unnecessary. In feeding- back to have sections completed, or where each section is removed as soon as capped, separators are indispensable. While I have never succeeded satisfactorily without separators^—as the sections of comb would not be regular enough to ship well—yet I prefer the depth of my sections to be one and five-sevenths inches, or seven to the foot. These hold about three-fourths of a pound. I now believe that the best section for to-day is one four and one-quarter inches square and one and five-sevenths inches in Fig. Oblong and Square Sections.—From A. I. Boot Co. depth. We secure nicer comb for the table, with the thinner combs, and more bees are able to work on a super or frame of sections, so that the foundation is more speedily drawn out. While a little more honey might be secured in two-pound sec- tions, the market would, I think, make their use undesirable. Of course, any decided change in the form and size of our sec- tions involves no small expense, as it requires that the supers. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
Size: 1848px × 1352px
Photo credit: © Central Historic Books / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectbees, bookyear1904
