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'riie seelidiiH in (he centre are the first ti> be tilled. It does nci liarni to remove 

 them as soon as they are linished, tilling n|) \\ ith empty ones. It yon leave tliem alone 

 until all are done, watch their progress just the same, and as soon as you see that the 

 super is more than half-full, ])ut a second on top of the first. Further actions will 

 depend on conditions. Should the first super be completed befcjre the end of tire flow- 

 is in sight, then empty it, fill in new sections, and set above the second. If the end is 

 near, go slow, for you want firrishcd sections, irot a lot irr \ari(jus stages of development. 



The removal of a super full of sections irr the ujidst of the honey-flow is a simple 

 art'air ; just take it oft' the hive aird set it on end orr top of the cover. In an hour or 

 two the bees will have vacated it, retur-ning to the hive, nor will other bees bother, as 

 tliey are too busjf carrying in nectar. But when the hcrrrey-flow is over it is a very 

 ditt'erent aft'air-, for then the worker-bees are lorjkirrg for a chance to rob each other's 



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Queen Excluder, or Honey Board. 



hives. The super must be at once cleared of bees by jarring it, also by the use of 

 smoke, but the less of this the better, so as to avoid tainting the honey. 



Section honey should be sold as speedily as possible, before it has time to granulate. 

 When stored in a hot, dry place it will probably remain liquid until Christnras, some- 

 times much longer, but, all irr all, the early market is the safest. 



Sections intended for sale should be scraped clean of all propolis and wax. A 

 jack-knife with a straight blade is a good tool for the purpose. The agricultural world 

 cannot learn too soon what is well known in the industrial sphere, that more money is 

 spent to gratify the eye than on all other sense organs combined ; therefore, it pays to 

 have clean and neat every article that is to be placed on the market. 



ExTRACTEri Honey. 

 When the queen has the run of a couple of hiA-e-bodies there is nothing to be done 

 at the commenoenrcnt of the horrey-fl-.w, unless the bee-keeper wants to confine her to 

 the lower chamber. In this case he gets her below, then places a queen-excluder 

 between the two parts of the hWe. The bee-keeping world is very much divided on 

 this question ; some men use the excluder, just as many do not. It is the nature of 

 the bee to store the honey above the brood ; therefore, when they have been occupying 



