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Fig. 15. Comparison of Langstroth and Dadant extracting supers 



combs than any one can find to the use of sections for comb- 

 honey. 



The fact that bees prefer large combs in which to store their 

 honey, instead of small boxes, has been also determined by bee- 

 keepers in many sections. In Texas, especially, many beekeepers 

 produce what is called "bulk honey or chunk honey," honey in 

 large combs which is cut out of the frames and marketed in tins, 

 with a sufficient amount of extracted honey to fill the interstices 

 between the cut combs. During a visit the writer made in South- 

 ern Texas, he was told that beekeepers could expect one third more 

 honey from their bees, in large combs running the full length 

 of the hive, than in small receptacles. This he believed readily, 

 for the assertion was in agreement with his own experience. 

 Aside from the reasons invoked by Oliver Foster, mentioned in 

 a previous paragraph, regarding the habits of the bees, the long 

 comb in the super is more easily reached by the workers, is more 

 easily ventilated, and more homelike in every way. The colony 

 morale — to use an expressive phrase originated by Geo. S. 

 Demuth — the colony morale is enhanced by such supers, the 



