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GLOSSARY 



in the super to separate the 

 rows of sections. It is de- 

 signed to insure even filling 

 of the section boxes. 



Septum. The layer of wax 

 between the two rows of 

 cells composing a honey- 

 comb. The middle of the 

 comb. 



Shake Swarming. The arti- 

 ficial making of a swarm by 

 shaking the bees into a new 

 hive and leaving them to 

 begin anew, as a natural 

 swarm must do. 



Self Spacing Frames. The 

 Hoffman frame which has 

 the end bars wider, thus 

 insuring that they will not 

 be crowded too close to- 

 gether in the hive. 



Skep. A hive without frames, 

 made of straw. 



Skeppist. A beekeeper who 

 keeps bees in skeps. 



Slumgum. The refuse that 

 remains after the wax has 

 been rendered from combs. 



Smoker. An implement for 

 controlling bees by means of 

 burning some combustible 

 material in a metal holder. 

 The smoke is driven out by 

 means of a bellows. 



Spring Dwindling. The grad- 

 ual weakening of a colony 

 of bees until it is useless or 

 dies in early spring. The 

 cause is usually improper 

 food or neglect during the 

 winter months. 



Starter. A narrow strip of 

 foundation used in frames 

 to insure that the bees will 

 start the combs lengthwise 



of the frame, instead of 

 building them naturally, 

 in uneven or wavy lines. 



Stimulative Feeding. The 

 feeding of small amounts of 

 thin syrup in imitation of a 

 light honeyflow. Liberal 

 feeding and done with it is 

 considered better beekeeping 

 except when it is necessary 

 to create abnormal condi- 

 tions in queen rearing. 



Sting. The barbed appendage 

 of the honeybee. 



Straw Mat. A mat made of 

 straw used over the frames 

 in the Dadant hive. 



Super. The part of the hive 

 where surplus honey is 

 stored. 



Supersedure. When the bees 

 replace their queen with a 

 young one without atten- 

 tion on the part of the 

 beekeeper, it is called 

 supersedure. 



Surplus Honey. Honey re- 

 maining to be removed over 

 and above an amount suffi- 

 cient for the bees. 



Swarm. The natural division 

 of the colony, whereby the 

 old queen and most of the 

 field bees leave the hive to 

 found a new colony, leaving 

 the young bees and a young 

 queen or a queen-cell. The 

 normal method of increase 

 of the bee colony. 



Swarm-box. A box covered 

 with screen in which to 

 confine shaken bees when 

 making artificial divisions 

 or stocking nuclei. 



