440 



HONEY PRODUCTION. 



tliouL;h the results diifer somewhat, as will Ije seen farther 

 (736). 



But many Isee-keepers succeed in securing straight combs 

 without separators simply by the use of full sheets of comb 

 foundation in the sections. 



TSS. 3d. Keeping the queen in the brood apartment.. 

 If the supers ha-\e been put on just jjrevious to the opening 

 of the honey croj}, with sufficient bait to atti'act the bees in 

 them, there will be but litle danger of the queen's moving up 



Fig. 193. 



SECTION SUPEH WITH FENCES. 



into them, unless her breeding room is too much cramped by 

 honey, or by the exiguity of the brood nest. 



The condition of the luiney crop has somethhig to do with 

 her propensity to move out of the brood apartment. When 

 the honey crop is heavy, and of short dui-ation, there is no 

 danger on this score, as the honey combs are filled as fast as 

 they are built, and the queen, should she move to the super, 

 would soon leave it, owing to her inability to lay there. In 

 localities where the crop is lasting and intermittent, much 

 advantage has been derived from tlie use of the Collin per- 

 forated zinc between the brood chamber and the supers. The 



