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frames, it is safe to assume that more room is 

 necessary. AATien the bees are fomid to be 

 working in the supers, close watch should be 

 kept to make sure that additional room is added 

 as fast as the bees are ready to occupy it. 

 Many beekeepers fail to get a satisfactory crop 

 simply because they fail to provide the bees a 

 place to put it in time. During a good honey 

 flow they will often fill a super in a very few 

 days and, under favorable conditions, w\l\ often 

 fill two to five supers before the first one is 

 ready to be removed from the hive. The honey 

 should be left with the bees imtil it is well 

 capped over. If removed from the hives before 

 it is properly ripened, the quality is hkely to be 

 poor. AMiere the beekeeper waits till one super 

 is filled and removed before gi^^ing another, he 

 is likely to lose the larger part of his crop in a 

 good season. A strong colony will have more 

 bees than can work in such a small space, and 

 it requires some skill to determine how mucli 

 room is necessary to secure the maximum \^eld, 



