HOW TO START BEE-KEEPING 



nest, as the shallow brood nest compels the 

 bees to put the surplus up in the supers just 

 where you want it, and not so much in the 

 frames of the brood nest, which they are sure 

 to do with the hives of regular depth. 



The brood nest is the hive body proper, in 

 which the bees rear their brood, and must 

 not be confused with the super or surplus 

 chambers that are put on top of it at the be- 

 ginning of the honey flow. In the case of 

 bees in a comb-producing hive they are win- 

 tered in the brood body and the surplus supers 

 are set away for the next season, as will be 

 described later. At the beginning of the honey 

 flow, the supers containing the little section 

 boxes are set over the brood nest; each of 

 these little boxes holds about a pound of 

 honey, and there are usually twenty-four of 

 them in a super chamber. 



If comb honey is desired, purchase the shal- 

 low brood nest hive such as the Danzenbaker 

 hive, or other shallow hive, of which a number 

 of different kinds are on the market. Not 



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