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be placed between the brood frames till the bees commence 
to work in the sections; others accomplish the same end by 
inverting the frames. J find that a few sections full of 
comb in the section crate very greatly aid to tempt the 
bees to work in the sections. I also have used the invert- 
ible frames to excellent purpose in obtaining the same 
result. I invert the frames and at the same time uncap the 
honey in them. With experience will come the skill which 
can accomplish this, and make comb-honey production the 
most fascinating feature of bee keeping. 
REMOVAL OF SECTIONS. 
The three-eighths inch space between the upper as well 
as the lower bars of the sections enables us to see quickly 
the condition of cach section just by removal of the cover. 
Each section should be removed as soon as capped, if we 
would have it very nice. This of course can not be done 
unless we use separators. Any delay will make it dark 
and hurt its sale. During the harvest we should add other 
sections to take the place of those removed. Towards the 
close of the harvest we should not add other sections, for, 
by contracting the space, the last sections will be more 
surely filled and quickly capped. To remove the bees 
from single sections taken from frame or crate, we have 
only to brush them off, 
Few bee-keepers will stop to remove single sections. In 
fact the tiering up process is, in my opinion, the key to the 
successful production of comb honey. If we remove a full 
crate, we can often shake a large portion of the bees from 
the sections, then by piling the crates in a box over-spread 
by a sheet, or in a bee tent, or even in the honey house, the 
bees will all leave the sections. Mr. J. S. Rees, of Ken- 
tucky, uses double cones of wire gauze, one smaller than 
and within the other, to remove the bees from sections. 
These are fastened with their bases (Fig. 112) just over an 
inch hole in a board just the size of a section crate. When 
it is desire clear a crate of sections of bees, the crate is 
raised and an empty crate with the board upon it, and the 
cones projecting downward, is placed beneath (Fig. 112). 
One need not try this to know that it would be practical. 
