25(5 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



super containing any honey, and that section having only a few 

 di'ops. Jjg; 



BEES EMPTYING SKl'TIOXS. 



The supers of sections in this second pile are called " feed- 

 ers," because the honey in them is to be fed back to the bees 

 (V'lix. W). IJsually this feediui; is not done until all the 

 " feeders" are ready for the bees. They are taken into the shop 



Flij. '.I i . — ]'((caled Quceii-C ells. 



cellar, and if there are only a few of them they are put in 

 l)ile,s bee-tiyht with an o])enini; at the top and another at the 

 ]i(]|lciin only large enough for one or two bees to pass at a time. 

 If the number of supers is sufficiently large, say half as large 

 as the nuiubsr of colonies in the liomj apiary, then the supers 

 are set singly all around against the svall of the cellar so as to 

 make them as easily accessible to the bees as possible. When 

 lliei'c are uiily.a few sections, if the bees have free access to 

 llicm tliey will tear the comb to pieces. 



When all the " feeders" are in the cellar, then the door is 

 ojiened wide, and the bees hel]i themselves. The reasons for 



