SO PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING 



is needed, but it should be seen to that the tops 

 of the brood-combs are scraped clear of projecting 

 brace-combs and a sheet of excluder zinc laid 

 over them, the slots of which should run at right 

 angles to the frames. This excluder zinc is simply 

 a sheet of slotted zinc which will admit of the 

 passage of the workers but not of the queen. • • 

 The object is to prevent the queen using the super 

 for breeding, to the detriment of the shallow 

 frames kept solely for honey producing purposes. 

 This zinc may be omitted in using section racks, 

 but it should always be used under shallow frames. 

 The reason of this is that the queen has a great 

 objection to passing through the narrow entrances 

 of section boxes, but will freely pass up into a 

 shallow frame super. Having the zinc in position, 

 place the super directly down upon it, and cover 

 all up as warmly as possible. When the first super 

 is two-thirds full of honey the second one may be 

 given, placing it under the first. By the time 

 the third super is needed, if one is needed, the 

 top one will be ready to come off. 



Always place the last, super given next the 

 brood-chamber, that is, underneath all the others, ' ' 

 except towards the close of the season. If, how- 

 ever, there are signs that the honey flow is failing, 

 although the bees require more room, the last 

 super may be placed at the top, when the bees 

 will only use it if necessary. , 



The management when comb honey is worked 

 for differs in no vital,, particular from the above, 



