212 THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE. 



worked from the foundation in the current season. Before 

 the flow from clover opens, select a stock that is already doing 

 good work, through an excluder, in its first crate, and that can 

 be relied upon for white cappmgs (46-49), and when clover 

 begins to yield, give that stock, under its first crate, a crate of 

 clean, new sections, carefully folded, and furnished with full 

 sheets of worker-comb foundation stopping an eighth of an 

 inch from the bottom of each section. Do not disturb the 

 stock again for a week. If then the first crate proves to be 

 ready for removal, remove it with the aid of a super clearer 

 (274-275), without in any way disturbing the exhibition crate, 

 and give a new crate on top. On the question of g-iving the 

 bees more room before the completion of the exhibition crate, 

 careful judgment must be exercised. If more frames should 

 be reciuired, or another crate, or should the stock swarm, and 

 for che removal of the exhibition crate and the separation of 

 the sections, the instructions given in the preceding paragraph 

 (394) should be followed. 



396. Heather Sections for Exhibition — If it is intended to 

 enter competition in the classes for Heather, or " Dark," Honey 

 Sections, select more than the required number of incomplete, 

 but well-built sections from the earlier season's crates ; extract 

 the honey, and give the sections, wet from the extractor and 

 over an excluder, to your best stock, placing the choicest speci- 

 mens in the central positions in the crate. Not more than 

 one or two crates should be given to that stock, and such 

 exhibition crate, or crates, should be wrapped as warmly as 

 possible round the sides and ends, and on the top. Should 

 the bees appear to be unable to use to advantage all their avail- 

 able space before_the exhibition sections are completed, do not 

 hesitate to reduce the space, either by removing sections, or 

 by withdrawing frames, so that the required sections may 

 receive from the bees all the attention necessary. For the 

 subsequent details, as to removing the sections from the hive 

 and from the crate, the preceding instructions should be fol- 

 lowed (394). 



397. Selecting Exhibition Sections — The most unselfish and 

 unbiased skill, care, and judgment must now be brought to 

 bear upon the delicate task of selecting the sections for exhi- 

 bition, for it is at this point that so many exhibitors come to 

 grief. Assume that the sections belong to your bitterest 

 enemy— if you have such, and that you are the appointed judge, 

 bound in honour to give them the most critical examination 

 and to discover the slightest defect. During the selection, 

 keep in mind the following essential considerations: — Sections 

 for exhibition should be filled to the wood on all sides and 



