CHAPTER XI 



HOW TO PRODUCE EXTRACTED HONEY 



rilHE method of producing extracted honey 

 -*- differs so materially from that em- 

 ployed for comb honey that we treat it under 

 a separate chapter. 



When the colonies are run for comb honey 

 it becomes almost a necessity to resort to the 

 "shook swarm" plan to keep down swarm- 

 ing, and this compels us to handle the brood 

 body of the hive in an entirely different 

 manner. 



The matter of swarm control becomes easy 

 when we run our colonies for extracted honey, 

 as we can extract from time to time and thus 

 keep the bees from feeling crowded, with the 

 consequent swarming. 



The extracting supers differ from the comb 

 honey super cases in that, instead of being 



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