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frame, and replace the latter with another frame, which shall 

 contain no brood. From such a hive, in my study window, I 

 have received much pleasure and information. 



APPARATUS FOR PROCURING COMB HONBY. 



Although I feel sure that extracted honey will grow more 

 and more in favor, yet it will never supersede the beautiful 

 comb, which, from its exquisite flavor and attractive appear- 

 ance, has always been, and always will be, admired and 

 desired. So, no hive is complete without its arrangement of 

 section frames and cases, all constructed with the view of 

 securirfg this delectable comb honey in the form that will be 

 most tempting to the eye and palate. 



SURPLUS COMB HONEY IN SECTIONS. 



Honey in several-pound boxes is no longer marketable, 

 and is now almost wholly replaced by comb honey in sections. 

 In fact, there is no apparatus for securing comb honey that 

 promises so well as these sections. That they are just the 

 thing to enable us to tickle the market is shown by their rapid 

 growth in popular favor. Some years ago I predicted, at one 

 of our State conventions, that they would soon replace boxes, 

 and was laughed at. Nearly all who then laughed, now use 

 these sections. They are cheap, and with their use we can get 

 more honey, and in a form that will make it irresistible. 



The wood should be white, the size small — two-pound sec- 

 tions are as large as the market will tolerate. One-pound 

 sections are more salable, and in some markets even one-half 

 pound sections are best of all. Of late, Mr. W. Harmer, of 

 Manistee, Mich., is making and using successfully a two- 

 ounce section. This is very neat and cheap. It is made of a 

 shaving, and is glued. Such sections would be the thing to 

 sell at fairs. The size of the sections has nothing to do with 

 the amount of honey secured, and so the market and extra cost 

 should guide the apiarist in this matter. 



As early as 1877 I used veneer sections, which were essen- 

 tially the same as the one-piece sections now so popular. 

 After this I used nailed sections. At present only the very 

 neatest sections can catch the market, and so we must buy our 



