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Before brushing-, however, most of the bees should be shaken 

 off:, for if this is rightly done it will be a saving of time. 



FINAL TAKING-OFP OF SECTIONS. 



Wlien the time comes that the bees are expected to do no 

 more work in the sections, whether that be immediately at the 

 close of the clover harvest or later, the supers with their sec- 

 tions are all brought home and piled up in the honey-room. 

 On some accounts it is better if the sections can be taken out 

 of the supers at once and taken care of, and on otlier accounts 



Fig. 93 — Caged Queen-Cell. 



it is better they should stand for some time. It is a very 

 difficult thing to sci-ape the bee glue from sections while the 

 weather is still hot, and as disagTeeable as it is difficult. There 

 may be some unsealed cells of honey in the outer cells of some 

 sections, and this will have little chance to evaporate if it is 

 thin, after the sections are in the shipping-cases. So the sec- 

 tions are likely to stand for some time in the supers after all 

 are taken off, being blocked up as in Fig. 79. 



FUMIGATING SECTIONS. 



Formerly it was necessary io fumigate the sections with 

 sulphur after they were brought into the house, the fumigation 



