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ning of the cell walls. In thinning these when building the combs, 

 the bees utilize the extra wax in lengthening out the cells. Such foun- 

 dation can not, properly, be called artificial comb. 



WORK SHOP AND HONEY HOUSE. 



Every beekeeper needs to have a place where bee work may be done 

 in a satisfactory manner. The beginner may manage to get along 

 temporarily by converting a room of the residence, the attic, or a 

 place in the barn or other out-building, into a work shop in which to 

 nail up and store hives and dozens of other things, and in which to 

 extract and pack the honey crop. Such an arrangement might do 

 for a year or two, but it is more convenient and cheaper in the end, 

 to construct, as soon as possible, a building for these purposes, be 



The author's corrugated fire proof honey house and work shop. 



it only a small one to begin with. It is the next necessary essential, 

 after the bees and supplies have been secured Too many beekeep- 

 ers are making the mistake of trying to do their work in places en- 

 tirely unfit for the purpose. A well arranged, commodious build- 

 ing permits a greater amount of, and better, work to be done, and, at 

 the same time, much more agreeably. 



UNDER ONE ROOF, BUT SEPARATE. 



A building so constructed that one part can be used for a work 

 shop, while the other is screened off to be used solely for a honey 

 room, is preferable, for the reason that,* unavoidably, there is more 

 or less dust and trash in a work shop, and a honey room should be 

 as tidy and clean as it is possible to make it. 



