102 BEEKEEPING 



Comb honey requires more expert at- 

 tention than the production of extracted 

 because of the greater liability of swarm- 

 ing and also because of the difficulty 

 sometimes encountered in getting the 

 bees to go to work promptly in the supers. 



The supers in which comb honey is 

 stored contain the little square boxes each 

 with its sheet of foundation. In the cen- 

 ter of the super should be placed a "bait 

 comb" — that is, a section containing some 

 partly drawn foundation. These bait 

 combs should be saved over from the pre- 

 vious season and are simply sections which 

 the bees of the year before did not get 

 filled with honey. They seem to act as a 

 suggestion to the bees to let them know 

 what is expected of them. The supers 

 should be placed on the hive before the 

 honey flow is expected. To delay this 

 may result in the hive being so crowded 

 that the bees will get the swarming fever 

 and, although we control the swarm, we 

 interfere with the actual working hours of 



