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disfigure them. The trouble gradually faded away until for 

 several years I have done no fumigating whatever, and no 

 harm has come from the omission. I do not know why there 

 should be so much change except a change in the character of 

 the bees that stored the honey. Years ago black brood was 

 present in my bees to a larger extent than now. The weeding 

 out of bees too lazy to fight away the wax moths may have 

 much to do with it. 



"GO-BACKS." 



The unfinished sections that were taken out are to be dis- 

 posed of. They are filled into supers and returned to the 

 bees to be finished up, and these supers of sections that are to 

 go back to the bees for finishing are called "go-backs," for 

 short. In filling up these supers of "go-backs/' no very great 

 care is taken as to assorting them, although it is desirable so 

 far as convenient to have all in the same super at nearly the 

 same stage toward completion. 



ARRANGEMENT OP SECTIONS IN "GO-BACKS." 



All except the two outside rows. In these two rows are 

 put the sections that are the least advanced, the four corner 

 sections often containing only foundation. 



There are two objects in having these outside rows differ- 

 ent from the others. The bees will not make as rapid work fin- 

 ishing them as the others, and if all were alike the super would 

 have to be left on too long before all would be finished. So 

 there is no expectation of their being finished, and it is not 

 worth while to put in the outside row any that are near com- 

 pletion. There is another reason. Toward the close of the 

 season, especially, there will be no other supers on a hive 

 that has "go-backs," and these outside rows are needed to give 

 them a chance to do some storing while finishing up the seal- 

 ing of sections that allow little or no room for storing. 



COLONIES FOR "GO-BACK" WORK. 



Being more convenient, the "go-backs" are all given to 

 colonies in the home apiary. When the first are given, the 



