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along the top. Each of these places will leave an opening large 

 enough to permit the bees to find their way out. To prevent 

 those from the outside from coming in, wire cones are placed over 

 the openings. 



Still another common plan is to place ordinary bee escapes, 



Fia. 91.— Comb at right built on full sheet of foundation; at left, without foundation. 



such as are to be purchased from any dealer in supplies, in the 

 comers of each window. This plan does not work well in 

 practice. Any method that will permit bees to go out without 

 letting outsiders in, will be satisfactory. 



PREPARING FOR THE HARVEST 



The importance of having combs built on full sheets of foun- 

 dation to prevent the building of drone comb is mentioned else- 



