104 BEEKEEPING 



their attention to these matters and allow 

 our supers to be neglected and in conse- 

 quence we may lose the crop. By giving 

 the strips of foundation we certainly pre- 

 vent brood chamber work as much as we 

 can. However, in such an arrangement, 

 we must prevent the queen from entering 

 the supers lest our fancy comb honey be 

 converted into a series of bee nurseries, 

 for the queen would probably just as soon 

 lay her eggs in the section boxes as in the 

 brood frames. She is not at all partic- 

 ular about that. To prevent her from 

 enjoying any such liberty a "queen 

 excluding honey board" is inserted be- 

 tween the brood chamber and the supers. 

 This is a board arranged with wires 

 so spaced as to allow the passage of 

 a worker bee but excluding the larger 

 bodied queen. They are built in various 

 styles and are a part of the stock in trade 

 of all dealers in bee supplies. 



It may be asked, "What becomes of the 

 parent colony after we set it aside when 



