HIVE MANAGEMENT 101 



equipped with frames in every way sim- 

 ilar to brood frames. As these are filled 

 they are removed, the cappings sliced off 

 and the honey extracted by means of a 

 centrifugal machine which whirls the 

 honey from the cells. The frames are not 

 injured and are returned to the hive body 

 for the future use of the bees. One set of 

 such combs will be used time after time 

 and in this way the bees are saved the 

 labor of constructing the waxen contain- 

 ers for their product, * Naturally a col- 

 ony of bees will produce much more ex- 

 tracted honey in a season than it would 

 comb honey. In the past few years many 

 beekeepers have almost abandoned the 

 production of comb honey because of the 

 comparative ease with which the ex- 

 tracted product can be obtained and also 

 because of the high prices prevailing. 

 This has resulted in almost unheard-of 

 prices for good comb honey and as might 

 be expected many producers are now 

 turning their attention to this form. 



