The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . econus de-sirable to have them Idled out before theclose of the honey-How. All you have to dois. to lift tiie wide fianie in (piestion and in- COMB HONEY 74 COMB HONEY. sert it in the center, where, if not too late, itwill be lilled out; 3. If the lioney-flow isvery lis^ht. one, two, or three of these wideframe
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . econus de-sirable to have them Idled out before theclose of the honey-How. All you have to dois. to lift tiie wide fianie in (piestion and in- COMB HONEY 74 COMB HONEY. sert it in the center, where, if not too late, itwill be lilled out; 3. If the lioney-flow isvery lis^ht. one, two, or three of these wideframes, as the circumstances may demand,may be put on the hive at a time. The beeshave only such space a« they can occupy,and the storage room may be increasedgradually as the needs of the colony callfor; 4. Inversion can l)e practiced witli tliiswide-frame arranj^ement when tiioufiiit de-siralile. Surplus arrangements of the latter type arequite varied in design. The first which Iwill mention, tliough but little used is hardlymore tlian a honey board, or rack, with lowprojecting sides. It simply sui)ports the sec-tions, and protects their bottom sides frombecoming soiled with ]>its of comb. A stringholds the sections together comi)actly. Thefollowing engraving sliows what it A HONEY-RACK. Another kind, which has obtained favorwith some, is something after the followingengiaving.
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