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AUSTRALASIAN BEE MANUAL 



OUEEN EXCLUDER HONEY BOARDS. 



" Queen Excluders," as they are usually called, are 

 made of perforated zinc, Fig. 71, and also slats of thin 

 wood and wire, Fig. 72. Both have spaces through 

 which worker bees can pass, but queens and drones 

 cannot. They are very useful in queen rearing, and 

 in uniting colonies ; but for the purpose they are 

 generallv used, viz., for confining the queen to the 



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ZINC EXCLUDER. 



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 WOOD AND WIRE EXTENDER. 



lower hive through the honey season, I have no hesita- 

 tion in condemning them. As I have gone into this 

 question fully on a previous occasion, I will quote my 

 remarks : — 



"The most important point to observe during the honey 

 season in working- to secure a maximum crop of honey is to 

 keep down swarming, and the main factors to this end, as 

 I have previously stated, are ample ventilation of the hives, 

 and adequate working-room for the bees. When either or 

 both these conditions are absent, swarming is bound to take 



