HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



less than four supers for each hive should be 

 made ready for the flow. This phase of the 

 subject will be more amply discussed in the 

 chapter on How to Produce Comb Honey. 



There are a large number of beekeepers 

 who use the deep brood bodies even when 

 producing comb honey, but their numbers are 

 diminishing as the advantages of the shallow 

 brood nest for comb honey production are 

 becoming more and more manifest. The 

 ordinary hive body should be adopted if 

 extracted honey is to be the object, and a hive 

 containing ten frames is the standard, though 

 the tendency among certain producers of 

 extracted honey is toward a larger hive such 

 as the twelve-frame. In any case the standard 

 self-spacing frame known as the Hoffman 

 frame should be adopted, as it is the easiest 

 frame to handle, and is made by all manu- 

 facturers of bee supplies. A careful reading of 

 the catalogues of the leading supply houses will 

 give the beginner much light and enable him 

 to adopt the hive best suited to his purposes. 



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