HOW TO PRODUCE COMB HONEY 



take off comb honey, and that is by means of 

 a bee escape board, having a Porter bee escape 

 in it that escapes all the bees into the brood 

 nest below, thus enabling us to take off the 

 surplus without having to smoke the bees 

 below, and getting a lot of stings. 



The bee escape boards are furnished by the 

 supply houses, and are used in the following 

 manner : — 



First lift all the supers from the hive and 

 slip the bee escape board on top of the brood 

 nest, and place the supers on top of the escape 

 board. In twenty-four hours all of the bees 

 will have passed out below, and, being unable 

 to get back again through the trap, the supers 

 will be completely emptied without the aid of 

 smoke and no uncapping of cells. The best 

 time to put on the bee escape board will be 

 late in the afternoon after the bees have ceased 

 flying, and by the following evening the supers 

 free of bees will be ready to come off. 



These supers with their section boxes should 

 be stored in a warm room secure from the 

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