BEE ESCAPES 161 
REMOVING THE LIONEY FROM THE HIVE 
As soon as possible after most sections in a super are nicely 
capped the honey should be removed from the hive to prevent 
travel stain. If the bees are forced to pass over the sections in 
going to and from the supers above for any considerable length 
of time, the white cappings will become discolored and the 
market value be reduced. ‘True, the bee-keeper tries as far as 
possible to have the sections finished in the top super so that 
there will remain no necessity for much travel over it when 
capped. It is not always possible to arrange the supers in the 
ideal manner and even if capped in the upper super some travel 
stain will result if the honey is allowed to remain too long. 
Comb honey in sections is usually sufficiently ripened by the 
time all but the corner sections are capped. 
Fic. 78.—The Porter bee escape. 
Bee Escapes.—The invention of the bee escape was a great 
boon to the comb honey producer. The Porter escape is the one 
in most common use (Fig. 78). A board the size of the hive has 
the escape fitted to a small opening in the center. The con- 
struction is such that the bees can go down through it but cannot 
return. By putting on the escapes in the evening it is usually 
possible to remove the supers of honey, free from bees, the follow- 
ing morning. 
Some bee-keepers depend upon driving the bees from the 
supers with smoke, but this often results in injury to the honey, 
as the bees will uncap the cells in order to reach the honey. Un- 
less some care is used the combs may be somewhat discolored also. 
The escapes are inexpensive and the small outlay ig more than 
repaid in the saving of time alone. 
The LaReese or ventilated escape has some advantages over 
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