COMB HONEY. 



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By the use of the Manum clamps, the sections are placed 

 so closely that the bees cannot put any propolis between 

 their edges. But their other parts are not protected. 



741. To our mind, the implements invented by Mr. 

 Oliver Foster, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, are worthy of notice 

 and his conceptions of the general management of sections are 

 so well explained, that we could not do better than copy a 

 few pages of his small pamphlet. 



" There should be frw communication between the sections in 

 every direction. They should have deep slots on all 8 edges as 

 shown in Fig. 176 so that bees can pass freely over the combs from 

 end to end of the case, as well as from side to side, and from top 

 to bottom. 



(From 



Fig. 176. 

 OPEN SECTIONS. 

 'How to Eai8e Comb Honey.") 



"You may not appreciate the importance of this until you 

 have tried them. 



" Wh^n we take into consideration that the object on the part of the bees, 

 in storing up honey in Sum,mer, is to have it accessible for Winter con- 

 sumption, and that in Winter, the bees collect in a round ball, as nearly 

 as possible, in a semi-torpid state with but little if any m,otion, except that 

 gradual moving of bees from, the center to the surface and from the sur- 

 face to the center of this ball, we may imagine how unwelcome it is to 

 them to be obliged to divide their stores between four separate apartments, 

 each of which is four inches square and twelve inches long, with no com- 

 munication between these apartments^ 



The italics are ours. This passage is most important. 



