OUTFIT FOR COMB-HONEY PRODUCTION. 
CHAPTER IV. 
The beginner who decides to produce comb honey will need all of the 
equipment previously described except uncapping-knife and extractor, the 
supers, however, being different. The uncapping-knife and extractor are 
used only in removing honey from the combs; in the case of comb honey, the 
honey is not removed from the comb of the small sections, but is used or sold 
in such sections just as the bees have stored it. Some beekeepers do not use 
the queen-excluder in the production of comb honey because they claim the 
queen is not inclined to leave the brood-chamber and go above into the 
small comb-honey sections where eggs and brood are not wanted. While 
this is true, the queen does sometimes go above and start brood in the sec- 
tions when bait combs are used, if any of these contain drone comb because 
only foundation-starters were used. But queen-excluders are seldom 
needed in the production of comb honey. 
For comb-honey production, instead of the large extracted-honey 
supers, three or four small comb- 
honey supers will be needed. These 
supers may be the same size (or 
about the same size) as shallow ex- QuTeR Cover 
tracting-supers. These hold seven 
or eight section-holders, each of 
these section-holders in turn hold- 
ing four sections. The sections are 
small, four-sided, light frames, 
usually made of a single piece of 
basswood cut in such a manner 
that it can be folded anid the dove- 
tailed ends fastened together. Sus- 
pended from the top of each of 
these sections is a sheet of foun- 
dation which reaches nearly to the 
sides and bottom of the section. 
Between the rows of sections are 
thin wooden separators which wz 
prevent the bees from building the s 
combs beyond the edges of the sec- 
tions, so that the sections will all 
be built out uniformly. Between . 
the side of the super and the last 
section-holder is inserted a follow- 
er, which is a thin board of the 
same length and height as the sec- 
tion-holders. Super springs are . ; 
placed between the follower and Pees Toler abe Coser 
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