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be considered unnecessary. Here we have bottles of 

 various shapes and sizes, sections, section cases, and 

 honey tins. None of these can be done without. If 

 honey is done up in a dainty fashion, there is never 

 much trouble in disposing of it at a good profit ; at 

 least the writer can always dispose of his in the most 

 plentiful seasons. Last year it was all disposed of 

 before the last day of August. 



Here is a very useful article called the Rymer 

 Honey Board (fig. 13). Mr. Rymer attributes a 

 great deal of his success as a honey producer to this 



Fig. 13. — Rymer Honey Board. 



board, and says, for placing over the brood-chamber 

 they are invaluable ; they prevent brace combs, and 

 allow of surplus chambers being taken off clean and 

 without any difficulty. When working several lots 

 of wide frames, they entirely prevent one lot being 

 worked into the other, as is nearly always the case 

 unless there is some provision of this kind. When 

 working, the openings cross the frames, and so 

 provide a ready passage from one set to another ; it 



