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crop, so as not to have a lot of unfinished sections left at the end of the 

 flow. Honey of different colors should not be mixed as it gives the 

 finished sections a bad appearance. 



To remove the bees from the super, it may be put over an escape board 

 so that the bees pass down through it and are not able to return. If .the 

 escape board is put under the super in the evening and the bees are 

 frightened with the use of a little smoke, the super will be empty of 

 bees in the morning with the possible exception of a dozen or so bees. 



After the sections are removed the wood should be scraped free from 

 propolis and packed in shipping cases for market or stored in a small 

 warm dry room. This is essential as honey absorbs moisture readily. In 

 such a place it will gain in quality, while in a damp cellar, basement or 

 refrigerator it gathers moisture and quickly sours. 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Extracted honey is honey removed from the combs by centrifugal 

 force. Before the invention of the honey extractor in 1865, honey 

 was removed from the comb either by crushing it and drawing off the 

 honey or by melting the combs and allowing it to cool and removing 

 the wax on top.. Strained honey as it is sometimes called, produced 

 by these methods, is a rather inferior article in comparison to modern 

 extracted honey. 



In producing extracted honey no special super is required. A hive 

 body filled with frames, exactly like in the brood chamber is placed 

 over the brood rearing compartment for the storage of surplus. Some 

 beekeepers prefer a shallow super similar to the comb honey supers, 

 but equipped with shallow frames instead of 

 sections. When filled with honey these are 

 easier manipulated than the larger super. The 

 use of the standard size frame cannot be de- 

 nied as being valuable to an apiary as it has 

 the advantage over the shallow frame in in- 

 terchanging with the brood chamber so that 

 frames of honey from the super can be placed 

 below when the bees require feed. The ad- 

 vantage in using shallow frames other than 

 (By A. I. Root Co.) ease of manipulation is the fact that bees will 



Figure 18. occupy them more readily. However a good 



Shallow Framed Ex- plan would be to use both types in producing 

 tracting Super. extracted honey. The surplus bodies should 



be put in place before the honey fiow begins in order to prevent 

 crowding of the brood chamber which is an act in swarm control. 



It is essential to use foundation in the frames, wired same as those 

 used in the brood chamber, in order to secure straight combs. After 

 the first year, the frames will be filled with comb since the honey 

 is removed without any damage to it. Drawn combs can be used 

 year after year! The author has seen combs that have been in use 

 year in and year out for thirty years. The return of drawn comb 

 is the direct advantage of producing extracted honey in preference 



