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super from the brood-chamljer. To keep the bees 

 quiet puff a little smoke in between the super and the 

 brood-chamber as the former is raised. Lift up the 

 super and place between it and the brood-chamber 

 another super. More room having been given the bees 

 ■will concentrate their energies upon furnishing the 

 lower super with combs. In the new combs much of 

 the freshly-gathered nectar will be stored for ripening 

 previous to being carried above to complete the upper 

 super. 



Bemoving supers. As soon as the upper super is 

 completed it should be removed and placed on the 

 super clearer, and, when emptied first of the bees and 

 subsequently of the honey, it may be returned to the 

 hive for placing below the remaining super or on any 

 hive where more super room is required. Should the 

 honey-flow be on the wane, when the top super is re- 

 moved the lower super should not be interfered with, 

 unless it is to give a little extra covering with sacks or 

 other heat-retaining material adding to the protecting 

 power of the straw. The bees are then more likely to 

 complete work in the super instead of being driven 

 down into the brood-chamber by the lowering of the 

 night temperature. 



The " Ivo " Cottagee Bar Hive. 

 The second style of hive which may be adopted is 

 still on the fixed-comb principle, but greatly ahead of 

 the skep, in that the results obtained by its use may, 

 by the use of foundation, be increased to a very great 

 extent. What may be done by a stock in a straw skep 

 is well known by bee-keepers of experience. In order 



