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the sections; but be sure to keep honey 

 in the feeders day and night until the 

 sections are nearly as full as they 

 should be; then taper off rapidly with 

 the feed, and the bees will seal the 

 combs, and you will find them as 

 smooth and perfect as if built under 

 normal conditions. Take these supers 

 off and replace with empty ones, and 

 you will get them filled; but I would 

 advise you not to use the same colony 

 for more than two lots, for on the third 

 lot they seem to think they have done 

 enough, and will not take the honey. 



Now, this is all about finishing un- 

 finished sections, but the same plan 

 holds good if you use sections filled 

 with foundation instead of partly fin- 

 ished sections. I do not claim that the 

 foregoing is a universal plan that will 

 work everywhere and under all con- 

 ditions, whether the conditions are 

 known or not, but I will say that it 

 works with us on a large scale, and 

 we are satisfied. 



Now, does it pay to feed for the pur- 

 pose of filling out unfinished sections? 

 Yes, it pays i/s to do so. Will it pay 

 to feed back for the purpose of produc- 

 ing comb honey from full sheets of 

 foundation in the sections? Yes, if 

 extracted honey is not worth more 

 than 5 cents per pound, and comb hon- 

 ey is not worth less than 12 cents. We 

 wish to say, first, know what you are 

 going to try to do, then go ahead. If 

 you don't want a puttering job, don't 

 try feeding back, and do/i'i try to be a 

 lightning operator at the job, or pos- 

 sibly the lightning may strike you. 



The point that Mr. Shepard men- 

 tions about uncapping any sealed 

 honey, needs, I think, a little more ex- 

 planation. If the combs are so ar- 

 ranged or placed that the spaces be- 

 tween them vary only slightly from 

 a "bee-space," there is no need of un- 

 capping the sealed cells, but if the 

 spaces are much wider than a "bee- 

 space," the bees, especially if crowded 

 for room, and fed abundantly, will 

 build comb right on top of the capped 

 surface, giving the honey a decidedly 

 patched and blotched appearance. 



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