. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. COMB HONEY. Ill COMB HONEY. supers of half-depth extracting-frames full of comb from the home apiary, and put them on 30 hives iu the out-aDiary at the same time that I put sections on the other 30 hives. In four or five days the extractiug- rombs were full of new honey, and the bees excited aud busy at their work, while most of those having sections were loafing, and some had swarmed. I raised the combs by putting a super of section
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. COMB HONEY. Ill COMB HONEY. supers of half-depth extracting-frames full of comb from the home apiary, and put them on 30 hives iu the out-aDiary at the same time that I put sections on the other 30 hives. In four or five days the extractiug- rombs were full of new honey, and the bees excited aud busy at their work, while most of those having sections were loafing, and some had swarmed. I raised the combs by putting a super of sections between them and the brood-nest. At the end of two weeks from putting on the combs those sections under the combs were better filled than those on the hives that had no combs. As soon as the combs were sealed I put them away to extract, having that amount of honey extra, and the bees started nicely in their work. I had only about a third as many swarms from those hives as from the ones with sections and no combs I liked the plan so well that year I had enovigh of those little combs built to furnish a super of them to every colony that was to be run for section honey. I tried the plan again this year, and from 75 colonies at the out-apiary I had 8000 fine white maiketable sections, about 500 lbs of unfinished and imperfect sections, 1-500 lbs. of extracted honey, and 60 lbs. of beeswax, and two barrels of vinegar. We got sh jrt of fixtures, and I had to cut out some of my little combs aud have the bees build them again to keep them at work. I forgot to mention that we sell a lot of those combs to families for home use, as we can sell them cheaper than sections. When we cut them out we do so after extracting, and then the washings make good vinegar, and the wax g )es into the .solar extract- or, and is of the best quality. We leave half an inch of comb at the top of the frame, to save putting in foundation. 1 do not believe we shall ever be able to overcome swarming entir
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