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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



though the results ditfer somewhat, as will be seen farther 

 (736). 



But many bee-keepers succeed in securing straight combs 

 without separators simply by the use of full sheets of comb 

 foundation in the sections. 



732. 3d. Keeping the queen in the brood apartment. 

 If the supers have been put on just previous to the opening 

 of the honey crop, with sufficient bait to attract the bees in 

 them, there will be but litle danger of the queen's moving up 



Fig. 193. 



SECTION SUPER WITH FENCES. 



into them, unless her breeding room is too much cramped by 

 honey, or by the exiguity of the brood nest. 



The condition of the honey crop has something to do with 

 her propensity to move out of the brood apartment. When 

 the honey crop is heavy, and of short duration, there is no 

 danger on this score, as the honey combs are filled as fast as 

 they are built, and the queen, should she move to the super, 

 would soon leave it, owing to her inability to lay there. In 

 localities where the crop is lasting and intermittent, much 

 advantage has been derived from the use of the Collin per- 

 forated zinc between the brood chamber and the supers. The 



