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board " fitted with Porter bee escape, an ingehious 

 device permitting the bees to pass through to the 

 brood nest below, but effectually preventing their 

 return upwards. Mr Meadows has devised a further 

 modification, consisting of a tin slide whereby the bees 

 may be readmitted to the supers at will. This device is 

 especially useful when working for extracted honey. 

 When using the clearer, first gently prise with a screw- 

 driver the four corners of the super to be removed and 

 blow in a little smoke, remove the super in the way 



already described, 

 place it on the 

 clearer and imme- 

 diately replace the 

 whole on the hive. 

 If this be done dur- 

 ing the morning, the 

 super will be found 

 free from bees by 

 the evening. If dur- 

 ing the afternoon, 

 the supers may be 

 removed the following morning. 



The sections will be found to be more or less firmly 

 " propolised " together and difficult of removal from the 

 rack. To remove them readily, procure three blocks of 

 wood about 2 inches thick and of such a width and 

 length as readily to fit in between the girders forming 

 the supports for the sections. Place the rack of sections 

 on these three blocks arranged in such a manner that 

 they support the sections only. Then press down the 

 rack, when the sections will be forced above the sides 

 of the rack and can then readily be removed. 



The completed sections now require to be cleaned 

 from adhering propolis, those not completely filled or 

 sealed over being returned to the bees to finish. In- 



SUPER CLEARER 



