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be placed between the brood frames till the bees commence 

 to work in the sections; others accomplish the same end by 

 inverting the frames. I find that a few sections full of 

 comb in the section crate very greatly aid to tempt the 

 bees to work in the sections. I also have used the invert- 

 ible frames to excellent purpose in obtaining the same 

 result. I invert the frames and at the same time uncap the 

 honey in them. With experience will come the skill which 

 can accomplish this, and make comb-honey production the 

 most fascinating feature of bee keeping. 



REMOVAL OF SECTIONS. 



The three-eighths inch space between the upper as well 

 as the lower bars of the sections enables us to see quickly 

 the condition of each section just by removal of the cover. 

 Each section should be removed as soon as capped, if we 

 would have it very nice. This of course can not be done 

 unless we use separators. Any delay will make it dark 

 and hurt its sale. During the harvest we should add other 

 sections to take the place of those removed. Towards the 

 close of the harvest we should not add other sections, for, 

 by contracting the space, the last sections will be more 

 surely filled and quickly capped. To remove the bees 

 from single sections taken from frame or crate, we have 

 only to brush them off. 



Few bee-keepers will stop to remove single sections. In 

 fact the tiering up process is, in my opinion, the key to the 

 successful production of comb honey. If we remove a full 

 crate, we can often shake a large portion of the bees from 

 the sections, then by piling the crates in a box over-spread 

 by a sheet, or in a bee tent, or even in the honey house, the 

 bees will all leave the sections. Mr. J. S. Rees, of Ken- 

 tucky, uses double cones of wire gauze, one smaller than 

 and within the other, to remove the bees from sections. 

 These are fastened with their bases (Fig. 113) just over an 

 inch hole in a board just the size of a section crate. When 

 it is desired to clear a crate of sections of bees, the crate is 

 raised and an empty crate with the board upon it, and the 

 cones projecting downward, is placed beneath (Fig. 112). 

 One need not try this to know that it would be practical. 



