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such a result. To the apiarist there may 

 be nothing particularly repulsive in the 

 appearance of bee-glue; but it is to the 

 average consumer glaringly conspicuous 

 when in evidence. So don't try to make 

 a commercial commodity of propolis. 



Although by much unprofitable and 

 tedious cleaning, most of the propolis and 

 discoloration can usually be removed 

 from sections; once the wood has lost its 

 soft, virgin whiteness, it is not within the 

 range of possibilities ever again to pro- 

 duce the same immaculate and natty 

 effect. Obviously, the only logical and 

 insistent way to insure this pleasing and 

 inviting appearance, is to use top-bars 

 on the holders. 



Regarded from a merely mechanical 

 standpoint, the wide-frame super is, 

 perhaps, slightly more complex in struc- 

 ture than some others; but in its thorough 

 adaption to the economical production of 

 fancy honey, it is the incarnation of 

 efificiency and dwarfs, in comparison, all 

 others to obscurity. 



THIN SECTIONS AND UNSEPARATORED HONEY. 



To most bee keepers has at some time 

 been manifested the urgent need for 

 more open communica'.ion in section honey 

 supers, but the dread of irregular and 

 disfigured combs has prevented the 

 majority from attempting the production 

 of unseparatored honey, while many 

 others are undoubtedly prejudiced in their 

 views and methods. 



Many have endeavored to dispense 

 with separators, and failed ignominiously, 

 because the common, unnaturally thick 

 section was used in the experiment. 

 With sections more than 1 ^s inch thick, 

 bees require some assistance in keeping 

 the combs straight. Through the adop- 

 tion, however, of a narrow section, and 

 the elimination of the neither useful nor 

 ornamental separator, I have for several 

 seasons past succeeded exceptionally 

 well in producing section honey as read- 

 ily and practically as cheaply as though 

 it were bulk or even liquid honey. 



That greater yields can be secured 

 without separators, has been clearly 



demonstrated, and, in accordance with 

 the natural requirements of the bees, 

 separators are omitted from all our sur- 

 plus arrangements; and yet, the comb 

 surfaces of practically every section is 

 ideally smooth and entirely cratable, 

 thus shattering fallacious traditions and 

 dissolving superstitious fancies in regard 

 to their fundamental necessity. 



Our section and brood frames, being 

 precisely of the same outside dimensions 

 and interchangeable, 1 not infrequently, 

 when short on baits, raise a new brood 

 comb into a part of the first lot of supers 

 given. Occasionally a number of section 

 frames are given below to provide baits, 

 and, if eggs are deposited in some of the 

 cells, it does not in the least injure them 

 for super use, though precaution must be 

 exercised not to allow them to become 

 confused with honey entering commercial 

 channels. 



The section frame depicted, had brood 

 in three of the sections and was partly 

 filled with honey, subsequent to its having 

 emerged. 



At the season's end, when the flow is 

 ttering, and danger of even super work 



