COMB HONEY. 



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the super as by the method above mentioned, Dr. Miller re- 

 moves the entire super when nearly filled, without waiting for 

 the outside sections to be sealed, and the unfinished sections 

 of several supers are put together and given back to some 

 strong colony to be finished by them. This avoids much 

 handling of sections on the hive. 



Fig. 197. 



UNFINISHED SECTIONS THAT AltE NOT MARKETABLE. 



(Forty Years Among the Bees.) 



736. It often happens that the bees fasten the comb only 

 at the top of the section. For safe transportation it is very 

 important that it should be fastened to the section wall, all 

 around. To secure this, not only do Apiarists use comb foun- 

 dation, but some have devised "reversible" section cases. When 

 the sections are turned over, the empty space now at the top, 

 seems unnatural to the bees, and they hasten to fill it, making 

 A solid comb in the, section. But this is net the only method. 



"Years ago my sections were always filled so full by the bees, 

 lliat they carTied very securely in transportation. Afterwards I 



