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PLEASURABLE BEE-KEEPING. 



the queen and drones be kept below, but the bees will 

 finish off their combs, so that in removing the super 

 there will, as a rule, be no attachments to the work 

 below. 



Among other supers under this heading may be 

 mentioned bell-glasses, but they are not recommended, 



Fig. 35. 



as it is with great trouble that foundation is fixed in 

 them, and when filled they are not much sought after. 

 Abbott's cottager super with glass sides is a very 

 pretty little super, holding, when full, about 7 lbs. 

 of comb honey. It possesses an advantage over the 

 bell-glass in a provision for receiving foundation guides. 

 A most charming and at the same time effective 



