. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 87. YiG. 86. Even skeps can be supered to obtain either extracted or comb-honey. (Fig. 87) shows how this is done by means of a square board with a hole in the centre, which is fixed so that it comes in align- ment with that in the skep. A shallow- frame super or skep, as in the picture, is now put on this, and covered with a quilt and roof, in this case the supers only can be dealt with as in a modern hive. It is very rarely that the. skeppist can be per- suaded to take this small amount of trouble, for is he not of that slow to move
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 87. YiG. 86. Even skeps can be supered to obtain either extracted or comb-honey. (Fig. 87) shows how this is done by means of a square board with a hole in the centre, which is fixed so that it comes in align- ment with that in the skep. A shallow- frame super or skep, as in the picture, is now put on this, and covered with a quilt and roof, in this case the supers only can be dealt with as in a modern hive. It is very rarely that the. skeppist can be per- suaded to take this small amount of trouble, for is he not of that slow to move and conservative class—a good example of both the man and his methods is seen at (Fig. 88)—who glory in sticking to the old methods an'd. 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 London
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