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to keep the ends of the sections apart. 

 Now, run the knife across at each end 

 of the section, to loosen the little sep- 

 arator from it. I must confess that I 

 usually use a third tool for this, the big 

 blade of a pocket-knife. Run In the 

 case-knife at each side to the bottom of 

 the section, so as to loosen the section 

 from the separators. Put your hook 

 down between the section and separator, 

 and give it a quarter turn, so as to let 

 the hook on the lower end run under the 

 section. 



I have a bit of string tied on the wire, 

 to show me when it is pushed just deep 

 enough to turn the hook. If the 

 hook is not in deep enough when turned, 

 of course it will dig into the honey. A 

 ring of bright paint might be better than 

 the string, for it would never slip out of 

 its place. I think you will understand 

 the rest. Like a bureau drawer, it may 

 pull out straight ; but very likely it will 

 need starting at each end. When you 

 get the section out, just grasp across it 

 with the tumb and fingers of one hand, 

 and give it a few rapid whirls, and every 

 bee will be thrown off. 



Now, that looks like a good deal of 

 fuss to read it, but it does not take as 

 much time as you probably imagine. I 

 think I can take out a single section, or 

 several sections, from a T super in less 

 time — a great deal less time — than out 

 of a wide frame. You see, there is no 

 frame to take out— nothing but the 

 section. In fact, if you loosen the super 

 you will find it much harder to pull the 

 section. Sometimes I have taken out 

 the sections without the hook, merely 

 loosening them with the knife and then 

 pulling them with the fingers ; but every 

 now and then the bottom-bar of a 

 section would pull off, and I was glad to 

 go back to the hook. 



The objection made by the editor, in 

 the foot-note, is a valid one, that sections 

 left on the hive for a long time will have 

 a soiled, travel-stained, yellow appear- 

 ance. But they should never be left on 

 after the harvest is over ; and in a poor 

 season, when nothing is put in them, I 

 think they come off about as bright as if 

 they had been in a wide frame. You 

 know, the bees do not go into the glue 

 business (at least they do not here) until 

 the white honey season is over. Indeed, 

 if you take into consideration the wiiole 

 surface of a section, or, in o^her words, 

 its total appearance as viewed by a 

 purchaser, the section out of a T super 

 is the cleaner. In the wide frame, a 

 heavy streak of propolis is crowded in 

 just as far as the bees can push it all 

 around the section. This they have no 



temptation to do in the T super, for 

 there is no crack. 



You say, friend Root, that an enam- 

 eled cloth can be laid flat on the section 

 tops in wide frames and section holders. 

 I do not see what good it would do in 

 wide frames, for it would cover only the 

 top-bars, and I am' sure it could be put 

 on a T super just as well as on section- 

 holders. But do you not know that it 

 would make matters a good deal worse 

 in either case ? If you want to see the 

 tops of sections thoroughly daubed with 

 glue, just lay an enameled cloth flat on 

 the sections, toward the end of the 

 harvest. The bees are busy trying to 

 fill up cracks ; and as fast as they push 

 in propolis under the cloth, the cloth is 

 raised up, making more space to fill ; 

 and if glue is to be found at all, you will 

 find it there in plenty. — Oleanings. 



PreiiDiiis at ttie Neliraslfa State Fair, 



E. WHITCOMB, SUPT. 



Rule 19. — When there is but one 

 exhibitor competing for a premium, the 

 committee may award no premium, or 

 second or first, as merit may warrant. 

 But in no case shall the money award 

 exceed half that stipulated in case of 

 competition. In non-competitive awards, 

 committee must state in writing to the 

 Board, in detail, the reasons for awards. 

 All non-competitive awards are subject 

 to revision and change by the Board of 

 Managers, or the State Board, when in 

 session ; provided, the Board of Mana- 

 gers, or the State Board, shall have 

 power, in extraordinary cases, with 

 evidence justifying, to award a full cash 

 premium. 



Points for the Judgment of Honey. 

 — Comb Honey : 1st. Perfection of cap- 

 ping. 2d. Evenness of surface. 3d. 

 Whiteness of capping. 4th. General 

 appearance as to marketableness. 



Extracted Honey : 1st. Cleanliness. 

 2d. Clearness. 3d. Flavor. 



Best comb basswood or w^hite clover 

 honey, not less than 20 pounds, crated, 

 and in single comb sections, weighing 

 not more than 2 povmds each — $10, $5. 



Best comb Fall honey, not less than 

 20 pounds, crated, and in single comb 

 sections, weighing not more than 2 

 pounds each — $10, $5. 



Best gallon extracted white clover or 

 basswood honey — $5, $3. 



