the first story vacant except for pollen, it is necessary that the queen 
be confined to the first story with a queen excluder. 
It would be very desirable if the use of this implement could 
be dispensed with since it undoubtedly hinders, in a measure, the 
free passage of the bees to and from the upper stories. The Dadants 
claim to be able to do this with their large deep brood chamber 
and shallow extracting supers. 
When the surplus flow has been on for ten days the queen 
should be confined to the first story by a queen excluder. 
When it comes time to put the queen below, if the colony is 
but two stories high it is not absolutely necessary to see the queen. 
Put the queen excluder between the two stories, and four days later 
look for eggs in the upper story. If they are not present the queen 
is below and no further manipulations are necessary so far as she 
is concerned. If eggs are above the queen is also above, and the 
first and second stories may be made to change places. 
Where there is an abundance of pollen it is sometimes advisable 
to sort over the combs and put those with considerable pollen in 
them in the first story. 
Crowding the queen down into the first story at this time is not 
so likely to start swarm preparation measures since, when the honey 
flow is heavy, the queen does not get the attention from the bees 
she otherwise gets and she will bear the crowding without protest. 
It seems to matter but little whether the new supers are added 
above or below those already on the hive when extracted honey is 
being produced, except that it may be well to remember the new 
super if it contains foundation will probably be worked out more 
quickly if it is mext the brood chamber. If ready-built combs are 
used it is likely that it will not pay to lift off the supers partly filled 
to place the new one below. 
Queens cells are sometimes started from brood in the second 
story above the excluder, and therefore a week after the excluder is in 
place these must be destroyed or used elsewhere if desired; other- 
wise, there may be an incentive to swarm due to the presence of 
the virgin in the second story. 
HARVESTING AND MARKETING 
Comb Honey 
Although some comb honey is produced where the honey is 
not light in color, for the most part the beekeeper’s energy is used 
to have light-colored honey only stored in the sections, and when so 
stored care is used to keep it from soil or stain from any source. 
For this reason it is the practice of the most successful comb honey 
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