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placed in some convenient receptacle till enough is obtained 
to run down. There are the queen cells even; shavings 
from combs when reduced to brood thickness in Spring ; 
also the scrapings from the tops of frames, not including the 
propolis. 
Then, again, new worker combs can be produced in 
Spring between the others containing brood, while feeding 
dry sugar or candy, at a great saving over foundation; the 
apiarist then being able to run down his more irregular 
combs or those that are getting too old ; or, as is sometimes 
the case, the wax being perished, such would only be torn 
down by the bees, as they do not appreciate combs that 
have been out of use for a whole season. If possible all 
should be passed through the hive every year to keep them 
in good order. 
During the season that bees are storing heavily I have 
reason to believe that the secretion of wax is continually 
going on, and if the scales cannot be utilized they are 
allowed to drop and be carried out as so much refuse. 
Now the space allowed by my system below the brood 
chamber provides that full employment shall ever be 
given should it happen from any cause that the supers are 
not removed in due time and the bees there kept busy. 
Thus we have another step towards the production of wax. 
When one desires 
To Produce Wax in Quantity, 
which can only be done when natural stores are plentiful, 
a colony must be run for extracted honey, and at suitable 
intervals alternate the combs of brood or stores with 
starters only in the frames. Between the stored combs 
these would be built rather thin, but the sealed combs are 
to be removed and the honey extracted as soon as the new 
ones are built to about two-thirds of the frame capacity ; 
other empty frames take their place, and so on in rotation. 
