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strong stocks sections to work to place a super 
of shallow frames immediately above the brood- 
nest, for the heat arising therefrom will often 
discolour the combs in the sections. In any 
case, to avoid this risk it is better to remove 
a crate of sections too soon rather than too 
late, for, in addition to the discoloration risk, 
it must be remembered that so long as the 
combs remain in the hive the bees will con- 
tinue to add to the thickness of the cappings. 
As soon, therefore, as the cappings are suf- 
ficient to seal the cells effectually the crate 
of sections should be removed. 
I do not advise the use of sections unless 
there is opportunity and facilities for the bees 
to fill these from one source, for sections 
never look well if they contain vari-coloured 
honey, and certainly the mosaic-like appear- 
ance consequent thereon is against them 
commercially. 
The Care of Honey-combs.—The bees 
should be encouraged to draw out as many 
honey-combs as possible during a slack time 
in the beginning of the year. It means 
feeding the bees, of course, to do this, but, as 
brood-rearing is encouraged at the same time, 
the feeding is to good purpose. Honey-combs 
are a valuable asset of the bee-keeper—a fact 
