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OLD-FASHIONED STRAW SKEPS GIVE WAY TO MODERN HIVES 



The honey of former days, squeezed from the comb, was dark and often contained foreign matter. 

 Whirling centrifugal machines now throw out the honey from shaved combs, yielding a cleaner, better 

 product. A few pufifs of smoke drive the guards back into the hive and make the bees more docile. 



© National Geographic Society Paintings by Ilashime Muiayama 



AN AEIARY AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON IS PILED HIGH WITH HONEY HARVEST 

 The rearing of the brood is confined to the lowest layer, the upper "supers" being reserved for 

 marketable honey. Since usually not more than 200 colonies may be operated profitably in one yard, 

 beekeepers owning thousands of hives may scatter their yards over several hundred miles. 



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