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honey-flow is great, even another super may be 

 placed next the hive and below the other two. How- 

 ever, in our practice we rarely put on more than two, 

 usually taking off the top one when we need to inter- 

 polate another. This process is called "storifying" 

 in the English books, which is a most graphic term 

 and should be introduced into our nomenclature. 



TAKING OFF SECTIONS. (Plate XX.) 



In taking off the sections we do not need to wait 

 for the completion of every one in the super. The 

 outside rows are rarely perfect, and we usually put 

 these unfinished sections back on some other hive 

 to be finished. 



These unfinished sections, if not too empty, serve 

 very well to sweeten the daily bread of the home 

 table. If sent to the market they bring low prices, 

 and the bee-keeper who is working for comb-honey 

 should plan to have as few of them as possible. While 

 the honey left long in the super has a much finer 

 flavour than that which is removed early, yet care 

 should be taken not to leave the sections on 

 the hive so long that the comb becomes soiled. 

 It is an interesting fact that honey ripened in 

 the hive gains special richness, as if it were 

 somehow imbued with the spirit of the little 

 socialists that make it. 



Toward the end of the season it is best not to tier 

 up, but to place an empty super on top. The bees 

 will not use it unless necessary, but will devote their 

 energies to the sections below. The great danger 



