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the fact that the queen was laying from several hundred to two 

 thousand eggs a day at this time, the colony would soon be 

 depleted. 



Securing the Honey Crop 



If bees have wintered well, and have been properly cared for, 

 they should be strong and ready for the supers by the time white 

 clover begins to bloom. Some seasons, the supers would need 

 to be puit on earlier. There is no fixed rule or date, all depends 

 on the season, the strength of the colony and the nectar coming 

 in. 



The super is the arrangement in which the surplus honey is 

 secured whether as section homey, chunk, or extracted honey. 

 When the colony has become so populous that they are crowded 

 in between all the combs and new wax can Ije seen along the 



SECTION HONEY-BOXES 



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il,i|SpUARE 



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-Fig. 16.— HStandard bee-way section, b. Plain sections iii flat. c. The 

 same put together ready tor the foundation 



top bars of brood frames, it is usually time for the supers to 

 be put on. As a rule in this State, it is not far from the first 

 bloom of clover. Everything should be in readiness by this 

 time, so that supers may be put on as fast as needed. 



Sections in which comb honey is usually secured, come in 

 boxes containing five hundred in the flat (see Fig. i6). The 

 comb foundation is put up in boxes containing one to five 

 pounds. The difi'erent grades are known as heavy, medium 

 and lidit brood, and thin and extra thin supers. 



