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bees are induced to store above rather than build to any 

 extent either in front or below, as the case may be, jjfhere 

 frames with |^-inch starters only are placed. 



If through any inattention to the supers, or a'sudden influx 

 of honey, the bees have no room above, ho time is lost, and 

 they can go on building below. Nevertheless, these frames 

 with starters must never be allowed to have finished combs, 

 .and should any be nearing completion they are to be cut out 

 to be used in the sections, first extracting the honey if any, 

 and exposing for two or three days those which may contain 

 ■eggs, that they may be removed by the bees when such combs 

 are returned. 



The Working of New Combs 



is now more satisfactory, while the cutting of them up for 

 sections can now be entirely avoided by the use of my com- 

 pletely divided sections and section holders. 



When it is desired to draw out the foundation before 

 placing the divided halves in position, a sheet is attached to 

 ■one side of each alternate half of the section frarries ; or, in other 

 words, only one-half of the sectional parts required, being 

 furnished with foundation attached to the inner side, a shallow 

 ■chamber is filled up with them, and placed next above the 

 stock chamber as early as the bees can possibly be induced, by 

 warmth and careful feeding, to work out the foundation 

 rapidly. Any kind of hot water vessel placed above, especially 

 at night, where it can be regularly attended to, will induce 

 rapid work, so that three or four days only need elapse before 

 the foundation is sufficiently worked out for removal. 



The removed set may be placed above the quilt, and the 

 .section halves adjusted as soon as the Bees go down, if not 

 shaken off in the first instance. Another set may follow close 

 ■on the brood nest, and when the season fairly opens these new 

 •combs will prove a remarkable stimulus, while the bees will 

 ihen be strong enough to start other foundation in the lower 



