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be put on as will cover the top of the hive and allow the 

 roof to close down ; and when these are nearly full a 

 second story of them may be added underneath the 

 others, raising up the first lot for this purpose. By this 

 practice the Bees readily commence on the second lot, 

 thus preventing the difficulty often experienced in get- 

 ting Bees to work in empty supers when their full ones 

 are removed, as by the time the upper tier of boxes are 

 capped over the lower one will probably be half full. If 

 the Bee-keeper prefers it, any full sections may be 

 removed as they are ready, their places being filled with 

 a fresh box. The outside sections may be closed with a 

 slip of glass through which the progress of work may be 

 viewed. The whole should be warmly covered up, for 

 Bees will not fill supers that are cold. When it is 

 wished to examine the supers, a few puffs of smoke 

 blown on to the top will drive all the Bees below. 



The section boxes are sold with the honey, and as 

 they weigh but little over an ounce, are weighed and 

 sold in the same manner as is the paper with sugar. 



Fig. 48. 

 SHIPPING AND RETAILING CASE FOR COMB HONEY. 



The filled sections are sent to market (sometimes neatly 

 glazed on. all sides) in a crate or case, as Fig. 48. 



