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Plenty of supers should be provided either half or full depth. 

 The full depth means less care and attention. These are simply- 

 extra hive bodies filled with brood frames, starters or full 

 sheets of foundation. If one desires to extract the honey from 

 these frames, heavier foundations will need to be used and the 

 foundation wired in the frames. 



If the bees are given extra bodies or supers as needed, swarm- 

 ing may be kept down to a point where the losses or trouble 

 will be small. 



It would be best to have clipped queens where this method 

 is used and to requeen with young, vigorous queens at the close 

 of each season. 



Fig. 19. — Queen excluder, used to 

 confine the queen in the brood cham- 

 ber in the production of extracted 

 honey- 



Fig. 20.— Honey ex- 

 tractor, used to remove 

 honey from the combs 

 without destroying 

 them 



Extracted Honey 



If extracted honey is to be produced one must have an 

 extractor (see Fig. 20). 



These are made in different sizes, either hand or power. 

 There must also be cans, labels, carriers, jars or pails for market- 

 ing the honey. These add cost to the price of the honey when 



