1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



589 



PROF. A. J. COOK'S BOOK FREE !■ 



The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



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Questioj;)'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Taking Off the Surplus Section 

 Honey. 



Query 28.— In taking off surplus honey, do 

 you take out the sections separately as fast 

 as finished, or do you wait till all In a super 

 are finished and take off the whole super at a 

 time?— Illinois. 



Jas. A. Stone — Wait till the super is 

 finished. 



R. L. Taylor — I takeoff a whole super 

 at a time. 



Etnerson T. Abbott — I aim to take all 

 oS at once. 



Chas. DadantifeSon — Better take them 

 off as fast as well sealed. 



6- M. Doolittle— I take off a whole 

 super at a time, using bee-escapes, as a 

 rule. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I take them out as 

 finished, unless they are being finished 

 very rapidly. 



J. M. Hambaugh — I have practiced 

 both ways, but we must be governed by 

 the honey-flow. 



W. 6. Larrabee — I wait until all in 

 the super are finished, but see that they 

 have plenty of room in a super under- 

 neath. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — If I wish it very 

 fine, I take it off as soon as capped. 

 Generally it pays best to take off a super 

 at a time. 



J. A. Green — I wait until a super is 

 nearly finished, and look it over as soon 

 as taken from the hive, putting back 

 unfinished sections. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — No ! I let them re- 

 main in the cases until I sell them, un- 

 less I'm short of supers, which has not 

 been the case of late. 



E. France — I would not wait for the 

 very last one to be finished, unless they 

 were finishing them up pretty fast. If 

 they were, I would let them finish all. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — If honey is com- 

 ing in fast, I take a case at a time, but 

 if it comes in very slowly, it sometimes 

 pays to take a few at a time to have 

 them in better condition. 



Wm. McEvoy — As a rule, I wait until 

 all are finished. But my system of 

 working for section honey is different 

 from all others. — [Suppogfe you tell us 

 about your comb-honey system, some 

 time, Mr. McEvoy.] 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — When there is a 

 full flow of honey I usually leave the 

 super on until all are capped ; but if 

 the flow is only moderate, I take out the 

 sections as soon as capped in order to 

 prevent discoloring. 



J. E. Pond — I do not now produce 

 honey enough to be able to determine 

 which is the better plan, but I take out 

 filled sections when I find them, and 

 thus the small amount of comb honey I 

 do get is clean and nice, when otherwise 

 it might not be. 



G. W. Demaree — When the season is 

 poor, and slow progress is being made, I 

 take out the Huished sections, putting 

 primed sections in their places ; but 

 when the season is good, and work goes 

 on rapidly, I practice the tiering system 



