COMB HONEY. 



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COMB HONEY. 



<?ie:it nmjority of bee-keepers decidedly ob- 

 ject to a iHiu-septirator crate, because, while 

 one am dispense with the separators, he 

 lias to be very careful in handling the honey 

 in i)uttinfr it into the crate for market, or 

 else there will be bruised and damaged faces 

 to the honey. And then it is true that comb 

 lioney produced without separators is never 

 as eve)i and nice as separator honey. Com- 

 mission men, for this reason, do not like 



MOORE (or nJEDDOiS) CKATK. 



it, and on this account the T super aid 

 other forms of separator-cases have the de- 

 cided preference. If one should use a very 

 narrow section, not wader than l|-inch bee- 

 way or less, he could dispense with separat- 

 ors. But such sections are as yet hardly on 

 the market. It might be a little risky to 

 produce any considerable crop in them at 

 the present, and consumers might not take 

 to them. 



T SUPER. 



This, at one time, was one of the most 

 popular forms of section-crates that was 

 ever devised, and a very large number pre- 

 fer it to any thing else. Jt is so named 

 for the T tins that support the sections. 

 Tlie tins are folded in the form of a letter T 



inverted, such construction making a very 

 stiff and rigid support. 



Some pi efor, like Dr. Miller, to have the T 

 tins rest loosely on a little jiiece of strap 

 iron, both for convenience in filling the su- 

 pers, and in enii)tying the same after the 

 sections are liikd. I'.ut there are others, like 

 tieorge E. Hilton, of Fremont, Mich., who 



object to loose pieces, and prefer the super 

 with stationary tins, the tins being nailed to 

 the bottom inside edges of the sui)er. 



It will be noticed also that he prefers hav- 

 ing compression — a feature which he accom- 

 plishes by means of wooden thumliscrews 

 and a follower. There is no denying the fact 

 that in any form of surplus arrangement the 

 sections and separators should be squeezed 

 together to reduce propolis accumulations. 

 If there are open cracks or spaces between 

 the sections the bees are sure to till them 

 with bee-glue. 



HILTON T SUPER. 



With either form of T super one can use 

 wooden separators, tin separators, or the 

 fences described further along. The projec- 

 tion of the T is just high enough to support 

 the separators at the proper point. 



But the T super, perfect as it is, has its ob- 

 jections. If the sections are inclined to be 

 a little out of square, or diamond-shaped, 

 when folded, they wall not be squared up in 

 the T super unless an extra set of T tins or 

 strips of wood are used to fill up the gaps be- 

 tween the rows on top. And, again, it is not 

 practicable to alternate the several rows of 

 sections. Sometimes, in a poor honey-flow, 

 it is desirable to move the center nnv of sec- 

 tions to the outside, and the outside to the 

 center. And still again, four-beeway sec- 

 tions, or iilain sections, are not as advan- 

 tageously used in these supers as in some 

 other form which I shall presently describe. 



THE .1. E. HAND FORM OF SUPER 



This is the one preferred by Mr. J. E. 

 Hand, of Birmingham, Ohio, who uses jilain 

 sections and section-holders. A portion of 

 one side of the super is removable. This is 

 secured in position by means of the Van 

 Deusen hive-clamps, that also bring about 

 compression on the sections. 



The oVijection to this form of super is that 

 it is somewhat more expensive, is not as 

 strong, and therefore not as durable. For 

 further particulars concerning the J. E. 



