. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Hills'^. VOL, III. FLINT, MICBieM, JANUARY 10, li NO. 1. Possibly, Accurate Spacing and Wide or Deep Top Bars May Prevent Brace Combs, But Honey Boards Seem Preferable. J. A. GKEEN. EE tendency of bees to fill up all available space in their hives with comb, is sometimes one of the greatest annoyances with which the honey pro- ducer has to contend. If they would only put honey where we wish them to and leave it out where we don't wish it, what a world of trouble we would be saved. As they have their own ideas on the subject, we must try to circumvent the
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Hills'^. VOL, III. FLINT, MICBieM, JANUARY 10, li NO. 1. Possibly, Accurate Spacing and Wide or Deep Top Bars May Prevent Brace Combs, But Honey Boards Seem Preferable. J. A. GKEEN. EE tendency of bees to fill up all available space in their hives with comb, is sometimes one of the greatest annoyances with which the honey pro- ducer has to contend. If they would only put honey where we wish them to and leave it out where we don't wish it, what a world of trouble we would be saved. As they have their own ideas on the subject, we must try to circumvent their natural instincts and bend them to suit our wishes. With the old bee hive, having an immov- able top with only a few small holes for passage, brace combs wore unknown. On the introduction of the movable comb, a removable top to the hive became a neces- sity, and the honey board, almost literally a board, with few passage-ways, and strong enough to support the large boxes then in use, was the result. When the small sec- tions came into use other means of .support were adopted, and better communication between the brood chaDiber and surplus department seeming desirable, the honey board was discarded and became almost obsolete, the annoyance of brace combs being looked upon as a necessary evil. The introduction of the "skeleton honey board" ("comb excluder'" would be a name better describing its purpose) showed that it was possible to keep the upper surface of the brood-chamber practically free from comb, while allowing the most ample communica- tion with the supers above. This honey board has come into very general use and has proven itself a great boon to the practi- cal honey producer. Yet it has many disad- vantages, especially to him who wishes to remove frames from the brood-chamber often; and if we could attain the same re- sults without their use, we might very thank- ,i_, fully let them go. — Some have claimed that if top bars are y^ made wide eno
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