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Or it may be left just as it is, and allowed to store in combs 

 for the next spring's use, or for extracting. 



BURB-COJIBS. 



At the time of putting on supers, it is desirable that thej\ 

 shall be as little inducement as possible toward the building of 

 burr-combs between top-bars and supers. A very strong induce- 

 ment of that kind consists in the presence of any beginnings of 

 such combs already there. Formerly I had a space of % of an 

 inch over top-bars, and if a super of sections were placed 

 directly on the hive, burr-combs in abundance would be built. 



Fig. 42 — Hive-dummy. 



HEDDON HONBY-BOAED. 



In such conditions the Heddon slat honey-board (Fig. 6) 

 was a boon. Between the top-bars and the honey-board was a 

 mass of burr-combs filled with honey, making a disagreeably 

 dauby, sticky, dripping mess when the honey-board was re- 

 moved; but the space between the honey-board and the bottoms 

 of the sections was left beautifully free from burr-combs, so 

 the section bottoms were left clean. This while everything was 



