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HONEY PRODUCTION. 



tioned plans are all good and the Apiarist is to decide for 

 himself which suits his taste best. 



741. There are a few considerations worthy of notice, in 

 the raising of comb honey, which were advanced years ago, 

 by Oliver Foster. We quote from his pamphlet, now out of 

 print: 



' ' There should be free communication between the sections 

 in every direction. They should have deep slots on all 8 edges 

 as shown in Fig. 202 so that bees can pass freely over the 

 combs from end to end of the case, as well as from side to 

 side, and from top to bottom." 



Fig. 202. 



OPEN SECTIONS. 



(From "How to Raise Comb Honey.") 



' ' You may not appreciate the importance of this until you 

 have tried them. 



' ' When we take into consideration that the object on the part 

 of the bees, in storing up honey in Summer, is to have it ac- 

 cessible for Winter consumption, and that in Winter, the bees 

 collect in a round ball, as nearly as possible, in a semi-torpid 

 state with but little if any motion, except that gradual moving 

 of bees from the center to the surface and from the surface 

 to the center of this ball, we may imagine how unwelcome it 

 is to them to be obliged to divide their stores between four 

 separate apartments, each of which is four inches square and 

 twelve inches long, with no communication between these apart- 

 ments. ' ' 



