. Comb honey. Honeycombs; Bees; Honey, Comb. 12 COMB HONEY. 4i by 4i by 1^ plain or the 4{ by 4i by If beeway, assuming of course that all are used with separators and filled under like conditions. Since there are -well-defined limits as to the thickness of the combs most profitable to produce, the area of one comb surface in a section weighing about a pound is usually from 16 to 20 square inches, the exact size and shape being an adaptation to given space in the super. The thinner combs, showing more comb surface, have the appearance of being larger and a greater number can be accommodated on
. Comb honey. Honeycombs; Bees; Honey, Comb. 12 COMB HONEY. 4i by 4i by 1^ plain or the 4{ by 4i by If beeway, assuming of course that all are used with separators and filled under like conditions. Since there are -well-defined limits as to the thickness of the combs most profitable to produce, the area of one comb surface in a section weighing about a pound is usually from 16 to 20 square inches, the exact size and shape being an adaptation to given space in the super. The thinner combs, showing more comb surface, have the appearance of being larger and a greater number can be accommodated on a given hive. Honey in such combs may also be ripened sooner and possibly better than in thicker combs. They, however, require more foundation for each pound of honey produced and a slightly greater amount of wax, in proportion to the honey, to complete them. Also. ^'t Fig. 6.—Square and oblong sections. (Original.) the thinner the comb, the greater the difficulty with the sheets of foundation swinging to one side on account of uneven work on the two sides or because the hives do not stand level. SUPERS. The maia points of difiference between the various types of comb- honey supers are in (1) the method of supporting the sections, (2) the amount of protection afforded to the outside of the section and (3) the degree of free communication from section to section within the super. ' H The Method of Support, ™ Sections are supported either by means of cross supports under the-ends of the sections or by a slat of proper width supporting each row of sections. The T super (fig. 7), so called from the shape of a cross section of the strip of tin used to support the sections is iUus- 503 '. 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 Demuth, Geo. S. (George S. ). Washington, Gov't Print. Office
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