286 A Modern Bee-Farm 
The used-up bees 
may or may not be worth re-uniting with the stock and 
young queen; but that will depend largely upon the 
locality and condition of the apiary. In any case these 
old bees would not be greatly missed by the original 
stock, 
; Remove Sections 
during the working hours of the day, when a few puffs 
of smoke will generally send all the bees below.’ If this 
fails use the carbolic cloth. With the Double and Treble 
Conqueror hives the sections can be removed free from bees 
a few hours after the stronger force has been turned back. 
Grading and Bleaching. 
When brought indoors every comb must be looked 
over, while at the same time all propolis or other stains 
are to be scraped off from the wood, taking care not to 
injure the face of the combs. All the whitest and best 
finished are to be first selected and stored in crates piled 
one over the other, with ventilation right through the 
whole tier. 
The next in order are those which, while being well 
finished, are not of such good colour. These are to be 
piled up fully exposed to the light and air for a time, when 
the colour will be equal to the first with which they may 
then be classed. If placed in crates for bleaching, the 
latter must stand singly or on end, so that the light may 
penetrate. A piece of straining cloth or wire netting 
should take the place of the usual lid meanwhile, that 
there may be a free-circulation of air, and no fear of mice 
or flies soiling the combs. 
This question of bleaching comb-honey was first given 
to the bee-keeping world in my pamphlet of 1886, and 
