. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 36 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 21, that depends upon where you can have them drawn the best, and also upon the style of hive you were using. It you were using a hive with the loug chamber, you could draw out at one side of the hive, and still the queen and bee-bread would not get into it. It would take 12 or short frames, and at one end you could have these combs drawn out. But in the shal- low hives they can be drawn out in the top story in full sheets ; not put in frames at all, simply fasten to top-bars and the bees will draw them out as rea
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 36 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 21, that depends upon where you can have them drawn the best, and also upon the style of hive you were using. It you were using a hive with the loug chamber, you could draw out at one side of the hive, and still the queen and bee-bread would not get into it. It would take 12 or short frames, and at one end you could have these combs drawn out. But in the shal- low hives they can be drawn out in the top story in full sheets ; not put in frames at all, simply fasten to top-bars and the bees will draw them out as readily as they will full sheets. After they are drawn out partly (and it is not best to have them drawu out too muchj cut them up in correct shape and put into the sections. That has been practiced to a great extent. You can have them drawn out as needed, or you can have a full set drawn out for each colony the previous year, in the fall, when feeding bees for winter on sugar syrup—you thus kill two birds with one stone—you have the foundation drawn out and the syrup stored. The next seasou a sot of these are given to each colony. The sectious are perfectly clean, of course, be- cause it is not necessary to cut them up and put them into sec- tions until you want to use them. You can leave them in full sheets and in that way you can secure a large amount of comb honey. The parties who originated this idea, and probably practiced it to a greater extent than any other in the United States, if not in the world, claim they could get as many pounds of comb honey in that way as could be obtained of ex- tracted, provided that the bee-keepers would allow their ex- tracted to be sealed before it was extracted. Now, I have given you an outline and you can work it out at your leisure, if you wish. Dr. Miller—That was practiced a good deal longer than 12 years ago. Mr. Green—I used to practice that method considerable myself, and I thiuk now that if I want to get the greatest pos- sib
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