. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 208 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES the troublesome oases, but these are the exceptional eases, and in general tlie work is easy enough to be done rapidly. TAKING OUT UNFINISHED SECTIONS. The empty super being set down and the push-board re- moved, the unfinished sections are picked olf, and the super is put back on the sections as it was before. Then the super and the board under it are reversed, and the board lifted off. Finished sections from another super used for that purpose. Fig. 70—Bee Working on Red Clover. are jiut in to take the places of the unfinish
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 208 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES the troublesome oases, but these are the exceptional eases, and in general tlie work is easy enough to be done rapidly. TAKING OUT UNFINISHED SECTIONS. The empty super being set down and the push-board re- moved, the unfinished sections are picked olf, and the super is put back on the sections as it was before. Then the super and the board under it are reversed, and the board lifted off. Finished sections from another super used for that purpose. Fig. 70—Bee Working on Red Clover. are jiut in to take the places of the unfinished sections that were removed, and the super with its 24 finished sections is put on the pile. BLOCKING UP SUPERS OF SECTIONS. Tlie piles of finished sections are 20 supers high, the piles being about 6 inches from each other and from the wall. Four blocks % of an inch thick are placed under the comers of the first super in the pile, and four are put on the comers of each super before the next super is placed over it. This for ventilation (Fig. 79). The sun has a fair chance to make this room a pretty warm place, and screened doors and windows allow free passage for the air. FUMIGATING SECTIONS. Years ago it was vei-^' important to fumigate (liese sec- tions, or else a good many of the larvae of the bee moth would. 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 Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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