IX. 



COMB HONEY. 



The time for feeding the clover and linn harvest 

 back to the bees, to be stored in combs, was getting 

 very short. Not more than eight days could now 

 be counted on before buckwheat would begin to 

 open, and then every hive must be gathering the 

 rich harvest from its innumerable blooms. The 

 whole ninety-seven swarms were now in condition to 

 engage in storing in combs. To this I had been 

 looking forward, and had procured the necessary 

 supers, feeders, and boxes. August 12th I put 

 boxes on each hive to contain forty pounds of comb- 

 honey, and that afternoon at two o'clock began 

 feeding. To each hive was given a feeder full, not 

 less than seven pounds. Everything had been ar- 

 ranged so that it was only necessary to fill the 

 feeders and hang them into the rear ends of the 

 hives, yet for so many hives this was no small job. 

 1 had two tin pails with spouts, holding twelve 

 quarts each. The honey was drawn from the barrels 

 into these pails, and the pails carried, by aid of a 

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