432 HONEY PRODUCTION. 
quired, but this needs not be skilled labor, which is always 
hard to find. 
755. 2d. By the production of extracted honey, the 
surplus combs are saved, and given to the bees at the open- 
ing of the following harvest. This virtually does away with 
natural swarming, and enables the bee-keeper to control 
the increase of his colonies to suit his desires. One of the 
most successful comb-honey producers, Mr. Manun, of Ver- 
mont, who sold some 15 tons of .comb-honey in 1885, 
acknowledged to us, that with his management in the pro- 
duction of comb-honey, it was nearly impossible to control 
swarming, and that the time was not far distant when he 
would have too many bees. He owned seven hundred 
colonies at the time. 
756. The farmer, or merchant, who keeps only a few 
hives, to produce honey for his own use, will find it much 
preferable to produce extracted honey. With three colonies 
of bees and an extractor, in a very ordinary location, from 
150 to 800 lbs. of honey can be produced on an average, 
every season. 
Fig. 178. 
TWO HALF-STORY SUPERS FOR EXTRACTING, 
757. For the production of extracted honey, we use half 
stories or cases (fig. 178) with frames 6 inches deep, and 
of the same length as the frames of the lower story. We 
also use full-story supers, but only on standard Langstroth 
