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extracted, and the choice should be largely your own. By 

 choosing supers for your hive which are made to take either comb 

 or extracted honey appliances, the cost is less for a later change 

 which may appear advisable. 



Choosing Paraphernalia. 



After a good hive has been found, the beginner should insist 

 on Italian or yellow bees, if it is possible to get them. They 

 have proved in the hands of American beekeepers, to be the 

 best from all points. They are gentler, more resistant to the bee 

 disease European foul brood, active against the inroads of wax 

 moths and are good workers. No beginner should fail to use 

 full sheets of bee comb foundation in the lower part of the hives, 

 where the bees live and rear their brood. Foundation should 

 also be used in the surplus boxes, but the use of full sheets is 

 not so necessary there. A study of catalogs and bulletins will 



Fig. 7. Mrs. Grace Allen's backlot bees, Nashville, Tenn. 



