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Fig. 38. — Power Honey-extractor. 



Queen-excluders. 



During the height of brood-rearing, and in order not to cramp the 

 queen, she should be allowed the full use of the super, so that large 

 numbers of worker-bees may be raised to work the main crop. It is 

 not wise to bring the excluders into use too early, and never until such 

 time as the bees are working freely in the super. By cramping the 



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Fig. 39. — Two Kinds of Queen-excluders. 



queen fewer bees are produced, and small returns will be netted. Every 

 encouragement must be given to the queen to lay to her utmost, and 

 by so doing populous colonies will be produced. The best time to put 

 the excluders on the hives is when the main flow sets in and the bees 



