able asset, large yields of honey can be obtained, jirovided that the 

 hives are at full strength, and this is maintained while the flow is on. 

 It is important vto keep on adding supei-s as soon as the bees require 

 more room, which it is better in thi^ climate, to place on the top, in- 

 stead of between, as the nights are often cold. Three deep supers will 

 generally be found sufficient and need to be kept in readiness. When 

 .filled these will contain about 150 lbs. of honey. One of the largest 

 amounts of extracted honey reported as having been taken frojn one 

 hive in a single season was 342 pounds, at Castlegar in 1918. 2100 

 ' pounds of honey was taken from three hives. Spring count, in the 

 Slocan Valley, in 1919, which were increased to ten. 



THE PRODUCTION OF SECTIONS AND CHUNK HONEY. 



Comparatively few 'of the beekeepers have as yet'st^arted to prodnce\ 

 sections and chunk honey, although there is a good demand for both. 

 Bees will commence work in sections more readily if they are alter- 

 nated with extracting frames, especially if the latter contain built out 

 combs_ Ifor this purpose hanging section frames made to take, prefer- 

 ably 4%x4%xl% inch, plain, or no-bee-way sections are required, with 

 two hanging separators to each. If shallow frames are used full sheets 

 of super foundation may be put Inj them and the combs can then be 

 cut out and sold as chunk honey, or they may be extracted in the 

 usual way. They should not be wired. 



The most perfect sections, free from pop-holes, are usually obtained 

 by using top and bottom starters, The top; starter of thin super foun- 

 dation should be about 3% inches in depth, placed in the centre, and 

 firmly fixed at the top and sides, and the bottom starter about % inch 

 deep. The space between each should be not less than % inch nor 

 more than % inch. An easy and expeditious way of fastening the 

 foundation is to use liquid wax, melted on the top of hot water, prefer- 

 ably in a double-boiler. An ordinary glue-pot can be used for this 

 purpose and kept heated over a small oil or spirit stove. Water is put 

 in with the wax in the top boiler, and a brush about % inch wide,- cut 

 in the shape of a wedge, is required, which is dipped down low enough 

 to reach well into the water every time it is used. The hot water, 

 with the wax, keeps the brush from cooling too quickly and getting 

 clogged. A very thin layer of Wax can be quickly laid on by this means. 

 It is a good plant tq coat all the Inside of the section witli wax, at the 

 same time, which will make it easier for the bees to form their attach"-, 

 merits when building comb. -The inside of frames might with ad- 

 vantage be treated in the same way. After embedding the wires in the 

 foundation in the frames they can also be covered with a thin coating- 

 of wax, if this work has been, done with a spur embedder. If, how- 

 ever, an electric^ embedder is used, which does the best work, this will 

 hot be necessary. 



A NEW ELECTRIC EMBEDDER 



A new type of electric embedder has been designed and has proved- 

 a great success. It is so simple that anyone can make it at a small 

 cost. It does first class work expeditiously and more satisfactorily 

 than it performed with a spur embedder. Only a little practice is nec- 

 essary to get into the way of using it The wires will then be firmly 

 embedded and waxed over in the centre of the foundation greatly add- 

 ing, to its strength and rendering it less liable to stretch or break down 

 from the weight of the bees while being built out into comb. T'he ma- ■ 

 terial required is two 22 inch lengths of single flexible electric lighting , 

 cord, a~hd two pieces of stout insulated wire, such as is used for out- 

 door wiring, about seven inches long, the latter being for holding in the 

 .hands. A small loop i.s made at one end of each of the two flexible 

 wires,' so that they can be attached to. two dry cell batteries. The other 

 is joined to one) end of the stouter insulated wire, which Jias a loop 

 made for this purpose. The other ends are stripped of the insulating 

 material fox about three-quarters of-j^an inch and' are flattened with a 

 hammer or filed to a chisel point. AM is then ready for use after being 



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