. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 434 HONEY PRODUCTION. 725. These principles are based on the diffloulties, that have to be overcome in comb-honey production, as follows: 1st. Inducing the bees to work in small receptacles; 2d. Forcing them to build the combs straight and even, without bulge, so that the sections can be interchanged with- out bemg bruised against one another, when taken off and crated for market; 3d. Keepmg the queen in the brood apartment, and pre- senting her from breeding in the sections; 4th. Preventing swarming as much as possible; Sih. Arranging the sections
. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 434 HONEY PRODUCTION. 725. These principles are based on the diffloulties, that have to be overcome in comb-honey production, as follows: 1st. Inducing the bees to work in small receptacles; 2d. Forcing them to build the combs straight and even, without bulge, so that the sections can be interchanged with- out bemg bruised against one another, when taken off and crated for market; 3d. Keepmg the queen in the brood apartment, and pre- senting her from breeding in the sections; 4th. Preventing swarming as much as possible; Sih. Arranging the sections so as to have as little propolis put on them as possible (SSY) ; 6tli. Getting the greatest number of sections thoroughly- sealed, as unsealed honey is , Fig. 189. FULL DEPTH SECTION FRAME. (From "Bees and ;) ?'26. 1st. Inducing bees to work in small receptacles. Rather than work in small, empty receptacles, the bees sometimes crowd their honey in the brood chamber, till the queen can find no room to lay in, and swarming, or a smaller crop of honey, is the consequence. To remedy this evil, some oi our leading bee-keepers have resorted to an old, discarded, French practice, "; Reversing consists in turning the brood chamber upside down and placing hives containing empty combs, whose bees died the preceding Winter, or empty. 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, Charles, 1817-1902; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. : Dadant
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