. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI, 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 bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. OR, MANUAI, 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 Sq^mre SectioJis.—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 & Co.
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