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A Modern Bee-Farm 



are ready for the first flow of honey, free from pollen, and should 

 there be a few eggs, these are dried up before the combs are 

 returned to the hive, and are soon cleared out by the bees. 



The comb super contains three folding skeleton frames, each 

 frame holding seven sections i|-inch wide. These can be 

 used independently, enabling the sections to be handled rapidly, 

 or to be used in any position desired. My own preference is for 

 the half-frame using a thin board at each end to fill up the space. 



OTHER SUPER CRATES 



may be used of a more simple pattern which can be used in only 

 one position. To hold from 21 to 27 sections, they can be 

 made as follows : Make a plain box of the size desired with 

 neither top nor bottom, and wide enough to take three 4^-inch 

 sections across besides the thickness of rails supporting them. 

 Such rails are in the form of an inverted T ; the sections resting 



Crate with T rests. 



upon the ledges which must not be more than ^-inch thick, giving 

 that space between the sections and top bars of the frames. Any 

 space left at the one end of the sections must be closed by a piece 

 of wood to act as a dummy. This I prefer to fit only just tight, 

 as both wedges and springs seem quite unnecessary. With all 

 crates in general use, the 



