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One should decide as soon as possible whether they wish to 

 produce extracted, comb or chunk honey, or both comb and 

 extracted. 



Fig. 17. — Comb honey super taking 

 plain sections and fences 



More extracted honey can be secured with the same number 

 of colonies of bees. When once the combs are built they can 

 be used for many years while, if comb or chunk honey is pro- 

 duced, the comb is sold with the honey. 



Chunk honey is usually produced in half depth extracting 

 frames. If one can dispose of this in a local market, the 



Fig. 18. — Used in extracting super 

 or for choice honey production 



cost of this method is small. It is a good method for the 

 busy man who has little time to devote to the bees, there will 

 be less tendency to swarming and more honey can be produced. 

 For home use or a neighborhood market much may be said in 

 its favor. The honey may be sold in the frames or cut from 

 the frames and put in tin pails, which may be secured from 

 supply dealers. For the fruit grower who desires bees in the 

 orchard for the purpose of pollination and does not care to 

 spend much time with them, this method may appeal to him. 



