HOW TO PRODUCE COMB HONEY 



each, and, best of all, the colony does not have 

 to be sacrificed, but is still in possession of the 

 brood nest, with ample stores for winter, and 

 ready for the next season's work. 



In the production of comb honey under 

 obsolete methods, twenty-five to thirty pounds 

 was considered a good yield per colony, but 

 with the modern hives with section box supers 

 it is possible to produce three and four times 

 that amount of the choicest honey imaginable. 



While it is possible to secure a good surplus 

 from any strong colony in an average season, 

 with the ordinary hives having the full depth 

 brood frames, such as the Hoffman Self- 

 Spacing frames, yet a good many progressive 

 beekeepers are adopting a shallower hive, as 

 tests have proved that the shallower brood nest 

 compels the bees to store more of their honey 

 up in the sections where the comb-honey pro- 

 ducer wants it. For the production of comb 

 honey, there are no better hives on the market 

 than the Danzenbaker and similar hives, 

 several kinds of which are manufactured, all 



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