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When removed, if demanded, glass the sections, but before 

 this, we should place them in hives one upon another, or special 

 boxes made tight, with a close cover, in which to store either 

 brood-frames in winter or sections at any season, and sulphur 

 them. This is quickly and easily done by use of the smoker. 

 Get the fire in the smoker well to burning, add the sulphur, 

 then place this in the top hive, or top of the special box. 

 The sulphurous fumes will descend and deal out death to all 

 moth larvae. This should alioays be done before shipping 

 the honey, if we regard our reputations as precious. It is 

 well to do this immediately upon removal, and also two weeks 

 after, so as to destroy the moth larvae not hatched when the 

 sections are removed. 



If separators have been used, these sections are in good 

 condition to be glassed, and are also in nice shape to ship 

 even without glass, as they may stand side by side and not 

 mar the comb. 



The shipping-crate (Fig. 71) should be strong, neat and 

 cheap, with handles as seen in Fig. 71 — such handles are also 



Fig. 71. 



convenient in the ends of the hives, and can be cut in an 

 instant by having the circular-saw set to wabble. With handles 

 the crate is more convenient, and is more sure to be set on 

 its bottom. The crate should also be glassed, as the sight 

 of the comb will say: "Handle with care." 



Mr. Heddon also makes a larger crate (Fig. 72), which is 

 neat and cheap. Muth's crate is like Heddon' s, only smaller. 



It is well, too, to wrap the sections in paper, as thus break- 

 age of one will not mean general ruin. However, this would 

 be unnecessary in case the sections were of veneer and glassed, 

 as before described. 



