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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



ished and empty sections per colony, so it will be readily 

 seen that for another year like 1903 it will be a conserva- 

 tive estimate to count on having 7 supers of sections 

 ready in advance for each colony. Such a year may 

 never come again, but then again it may. So remember- 

 ing the old saw, "It is better to be ready and not go than 

 to go and not be ready," it will be the wise thing to have 



Fig. 41 — Miller Feeder Dissected. 



7 supers filled in advance each year. If they are not 

 needed they will keep over all right, even if kept so long 

 as 4 or 5 years. 



Perhaps it will be well as a general rule, to have 

 ready as many as will be needed in your best year, and 

 then an extra super besides for each colony. That, of 

 course, might make it more, or it might make it less, than 

 7 supers to the colony. 



SHOP FOR BEE-WORK. 



The shop (Fig. 71) in which the filled supers are 

 stored is a plain wooden building 18 x 24, two-story, with 



