§ XII.] GENERAL REMARKS. 339 



Bees Working in Supers. 



There is a little matter here with regard to bees work- 

 ing in supers that should be noticed, and that is that when 

 the ascending hole is round and in the centre of the stock 

 hives, the bees sometimes start wrong and carry tlie comb 

 upwards. This has two objections : the first is that the bees 

 do not work so quickly as when they begin from the roof 

 of the super, and the other is that the queen gains an easy 

 ascent and deposits eggs in cells where honey is wanted. 

 When this style of comb-building is observed, it is best to 

 take the super off, cut the comb down, and endeavour to 

 make it adhere to the crown of the super by using a little 

 melted wax (page 261, or if a glass, as recommended at 

 page 262), so that the bees may continue the work, as is 

 their wont, downwards. 



There are few hobbies which cost so little outlay as 

 the keeping of bees. Once the " plant " of hives is 

 purchased, there is little, if any, additional expense, and 

 always a probability of a fair return. If honey be 

 obtainable the bees will find it ; they work for nothing, 

 and provide themselves with sustenance, requiring only 

 a very little labour from their keepers,- and that labour 

 of a pleasing and instructive kind. 



To the advanced and skilful apiarian we would 

 especially commend the use of the frame hives. With 

 these, as we have attempted to show, the bee-keeper 

 has a full command over his hives and bees. Many 



