If put in one evening they may be removed the next, quite sufficiently 

 started for the purpose required, if the stock is beiuor fgd^ or a little 

 honey is coming in. These drawn combs are then cut to size and 

 inserted in sections in the usual way. 



Simmins' divided Section Holders 



allow the foundation to be drawn out as attached to one half of the 

 holder ; the second half being " clapped ou " straight away without 

 any cuttir^. 



With ordinary Section Crates 



the drawn combs are secured in advance, by using candy over the 

 sections together with a hot brick wrapped in flannel, and well-covered 

 up. This should be exchanged for another hot brick (or hot-water bottle) 

 every 12 hours and the crate removed and replaced by another as fast 

 as ready. 



The advantage of the Conquerer Hive 



in this connection is that the removed super need not be emptied of 

 the bees, but placed at once under the stock, when the food, if any, 

 stored there, will be removed, and be an extra stimulation in working 

 out the new foundation in the next super added. 



Early and Strong Colonies. 



A colony that is going to produce hundred-weights of honey will be 

 ready for this work early in April, giving ample time to prepare a large 

 number of these drawn-out combs ready for the honey flow, while the 

 hot-water bottle may still be used with immense advantage over the 

 supers at night, when the glut does arrive ; the combs being filled and 

 completed more rapidly, ensuring that the brood nest is not crowded 

 with honey, thus leaving the queen ample room in her proper domain. 



A Triple Loss. 



Evenj pound of honey stored below the supers — early in the season — 

 means tlie loss of three times its weiyht in the supers : as it restricts the 

 maintenance of a vast producing population, while the great quantity of 

 pollen being brought in is also largely stored, instead of being used for 

 brood-rearing, thus still further clogging the cells of the brood (?) combs. 



DRAWN SECTION COMBS FOR HEATHER HONEY. 



The Author has always insisted that for ensuring a vast increase in 

 the Heather yield, drawn-out sections are of the utmost necessity, as 



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