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in the habit of ‘‘téering out,’? instead of ‘‘tiering up;”’ 
that is. they put the empty or unfinished sections in the 
middle of the super, removing all that are filled, or placing 
them on the outside. This is an increase of labor, but some 
hold chat it pays. Mr. Doolittle, in his practical pamphlet, 
‘“‘My Management,”’ explains that, at the close of the honey 
season, he reduces the number of sections on the hive, by 
narrowing up the surplus room, with a division board, which 
he calls a ‘‘ follower.’’ Mr. Doolittle uses both side and 
top-storing in his hives. 
“ Ags the cases are raised from the sides at this time, the fol- 
lower is moved up, so as to shut the bees out of half the side 
cases, unless in case of some extremely populous colony. By 
this means the working force is thrown into a more compact 
space, the result of which is a tendency toward completing the 
sections they have commenced work in, rather than building 
comb in more. Aftera week I go over the whole yard again, this 
time shutting the bees out of the side boxes entirely, which 
throws the full force of the bees into the top boxes, and, although 
the honey-season may now be over, by getting this force of bees 
all together they will cap the partly-filled boxes, where they 
otherwise would not. This gives sections lighter in weight, but 
makes much more of our crop in a salable form.” 
736. It very often happens that the bees fasten the comb 
only at the top of the section. For safe transportation it 
is very important that it should be fastened to the section 
wall, all around. To secure this, not only do Apiarists use 
foundation (674), but some have devised ‘‘ reversible ’’ 
section cases. When the sections are turned over, the 
empty space now at the top, seems unnatural to the bees, 
and they hasten to fill it, making a solid comb in the sec- 
tion. But this is not the only method. 
“Years ago my sections were always filled so full by the bees, 
that they carried very securely in transportation. Afterwards I 
began to have trouble from combs breaking down. It was due, 
perhaps, mainly to the bees having too much surplus room. 
Some sections would be filled with a nice comb of honey, not 
