HOW TO KEEP BEES. 



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It is advisable to wire all brood frames as they may then be handled 

 more readily, and if colonies of bees are shipped any distance, there 

 will be no danger of wired combs breaking down. 



"Shallow frames" are much like the others except that they are 

 only from 43^^ to 53^ inches deep. They are used in shallow cham- 

 bers called supers, and the filled combs are either cut from them or 

 uncapped, and the honey extracted. They are not usually wired. 

 (Figs. 7 and 8.) 



FiQ. 7. — Shallow Extracting Frame. 



Arrangements for producing honey in small boxes or "sections" 

 are somewhat more complicated. The shallow chamber is much 

 the same as above, but special holders are provided for carrying the 



Fia. 8. — Hive with Shallow Extracting Super. 



sections in which the bees build the combs. These are made of differ- 

 ent widths and much trouble often ensues by failure to get sections 

 to fit the bee-keeper's supers. Strips of thin wood separate each 

 row of sections to prevent the bees bulging the surface of the combs. 

 (Figs. 9 and 10.) 



