432 HONEY PRODUCTION. 



quired, but this needs not be sidlled labor, which is always 

 hard to find. 



765. 2d. B3' the production of extracted honey, the 

 surplus combs are saved, and given to the bees at the open- 

 ing of the following harvest. This virtually does away with 

 natural swarming, and enables the bee-keeper to control 

 the increase of his colonies to suit his desires. One of the 

 most successful comb-honey producers, Mr. Manum, of Ver- 

 mont, who sold some 15 tons of comb-honey in 1885, 

 acknowledged to us, that with his management in the pro- 

 duction of comb-honey, it was nearly impossible to control 

 swarming, and that the time was not far distant when he 

 would have too many bees. He owned seven hundred 

 colonies at the time. 



756. The farmer, or merchant, who keeps only a few 

 hives, to produce honey for his own use, will find it much 

 preferable to produce extracted honey. With three colonies 

 of bees and an extractor, in a very ordinary location, from 

 150 to 300 lbs. of honey can be produced on an average, 

 every season. 



Fi.Lt. 178. 

 TWO HALF-STOEY SUPERS FOR EXTRACTING. 



767. For the production of extracted honey, we use half 

 stories or eases (fig. 178) with frames 6 inches deep, and 

 of the same length as the frames of the lower story. "We 

 also use full-story supers, but only on standard Langstroth 



