. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. THE PEODUCTION OF COMB HONEY. 37 split through. It is folded in a section block (fig. 23, a) ; but before the top bar is fixed down, the sheet of foundation is slipped into a groove. The foundation should be secured to the top bar with melted Fig. 23.—A, Section Block ; b, Fouj- Bee-way Section. The Size of the Sections. The one-pound sections now in general use are 4| inches square outside, and are made of bass wood i inch thick; they are made
. Bees for pleasure and profit; a guide to the manipulation of bees, the production of honey, and the general management of the apiary. Bees. THE PEODUCTION OF COMB HONEY. 37 split through. It is folded in a section block (fig. 23, a) ; but before the top bar is fixed down, the sheet of foundation is slipped into a groove. The foundation should be secured to the top bar with melted Fig. 23.—A, Section Block ; b, Fouj- Bee-way Section. The Size of the Sections. The one-pound sections now in general use are 4| inches square outside, and are made of bass wood i inch thick; they are made in two widths—viz., l^ inch and 2 inches—of which the 1| inch are perhaps the best for commercial purposes, though the 2-inch sections present a more solid and substantial appearance to the eye. The two-pound sections most used are 6^ inches by 51 inches outside. ^ "^ * Some sections have " bee-ways " cut on two sides, as in fag. 21, and some on four, as in fig. 23, b: they are hence known as " two-way " and " four-way " sections respectively. Section Crates. Sections are worked in crates (fig. 24, a) placed above the trames of a hive, and also occasionally in frames (fig. 24, b) which are placed at the sides of the hive and divided from the brood nest by a dummy of " queen-excluding " zinc (fig. 24, c) the holes in which are of such a size as to prevent the queens and drones from passing through them, while workers go. 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 Samson, G. Gordon (George Gordon). London, C. Lockwood
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