. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. BRUSH. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Stranqewats' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, [No. 201. Vol. XIV.] APRIL 20, 1886. [Published Weekly.] <2tfoitoriaI, Jotias, #r. DOUBLING FOR EXTRACTED AND COMB HONEY. Those who do not desire to work entirely for either extracted or comb honey, but would like to have some of both, can do so on the doubling principle. In the first place, we must get all our colonies strong in the way already described ou page 135, and as soon as the bees are ready for it, or the
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. BRUSH. Communications to the Editor to be addressed ' Stranqewats' Printing Office, Tower Street, St. Martin's Lane, [No. 201. Vol. XIV.] APRIL 20, 1886. [Published Weekly.] <2tfoitoriaI, Jotias, #r. DOUBLING FOR EXTRACTED AND COMB HONEY. Those who do not desire to work entirely for either extracted or comb honey, but would like to have some of both, can do so on the doubling principle. In the first place, we must get all our colonies strong in the way already described ou page 135, and as soon as the bees are ready for it, or the honey harvest commences, we put on a rack of sections. When these are full of bees, work begun in them, and honey coming in plentifully, we either put a hive filled with empty combs under the stock hive, or else put it on the top of this, and between it and the sections. If this is done at the right time swarming is entirely prevented, and the work in the sec- tions continued without any interruption. When one- pound sections are used, three tiers of them can be worked at one time, or if the two-pound sections are preferred, only two tiers should be worked. When we wish to put on a second set of sections, these are placed under the first, and the third set is placed under the second. It will be found that these will give the bees ample room, but when the top sections are removed if we find that the honey harvest is not yet over, another whole set of sections can be given. We do not mind if they are not all completed, because the unfinished ones can have the honey extracted from them, and be put away for future use. At the close of the season when all sections are removed, the second storey will be found to contain a quantity of honey, and this can be extracted. We may not get quite as many sections working on this plan as we might with only one body box, but we have this advantage that there is no swarming, and if the bees are properly managed there is no desire to swarm. We do
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