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PRODUCTION OF COMB HONEY 



describe the many different plans of utilizing sections for the pur- 

 pose of obtaining comb honey in the small size quantities that 

 the market demands. There are still several kinds of supers in 

 use that are. being displaced by more practical ones. Formerly 

 a large size frame holding two rows, or eight sections in all, 

 which could be placed in an ordinary hive body was quite gener- 



FiG. 71. — Separatora for bee-way sections. 



ally used. They have almost gone out of use and the super that 

 holds a single tier of sections has been almost universally adopted. 

 These can be handled to better advantage and the space added 

 only as the bees are prepared to occupy it. 



When the single tier super first came into use the sections 

 were supported by strips of tin running across the under side. 

 iNo provision was made for separating the sections, and as a 

 result some would be very thick and some thin. Inasmuch as it 



