426 HONEY PRODUCTION. 
and that, in consequence, they attach each small comb to 
the sides, giving them more solidity. For the same reason 
bees are also less inclined to make bulged combs, and separ- 
ators may be set aside with less risk of lack of uniformity 
Another and very important point, in favor of these sec. 
tions, is the increased facility to ripen honey by evapora 
tion, for the air can easily circulate from side to side, instea¢ 
of from top to bottom only, as when closed-side sections 
are used. To drive bees out of sections see Bee Escape 769. 
745. Before closing our chapter on the production of 
comb-honey, in which we have tried to give our readers some 
of the best known methods, we must warn them against using 
too many contrivances, whenever they can possibly help it. 
All improvements that are made must be based on a full con- 
sideration of the instincts of the bees. Like Mr. Hutchinson 
(‘‘ Production of Comb-Honey’”’ p. 18), we ‘‘have seen bees 
sulk for days during a good honey flow, simply because the 
present condition of things was not to their liking.’”’ Use 
as large sections as your market will allow. If you use 
separators and honey-boards, at all, let them be light and 
perforated. In a word, make your bees feel as natural and 
as much ‘‘ at home”’ as possible. 
Extractep Honey. 
746. To separate the honey from the wax, the bee- 
keepers of old used to melt or break the comb and drain 
the honey out. 
Beeswax, as a sweet-scented luminiferous substance, far 
superior to oils or the crude grease of animals, was greatly 
appreciated by the priests, and placed among the best offer- 
ings required to please the gods. ‘The custom of offering wax, 
or wax candles, continued to this day by some churches, 
especially by the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, 
