54 BEE PASTURAGE AND PR0DUCT3 



small, movable-frame hives are indispensable. In filling up an 

 empty frame lay it upon a table or board, and fasten in the comba 

 by dipping an edge of each piece into melted comb. The scraps 

 may be melted and should not be very hot. It soon cools, leaving 

 the combs firmly attached. Frames when thus filled may be 

 given to strong colonics in exchange for frames of honey. Stocks 

 kept supplied in this way through the gathering season, will 

 store astonishing quantities of honey, and in autumn, if any lack 

 provisions for winter, it is easy to give them some of the full 

 combs previously removed. 



HOW TO SECURE STRAIGHT COMBS. 



The full advantage of the movable-comb principle is only 

 secured by having worker comb built within all the frames. 

 Upon the first introduction of movable frames, bee-keepers often 

 failed to prevent the bees from building their combs across the 

 frames, as many yet do, and until recently but few attempted to 

 prevent the bees from building drone comb. Sometimes strips 

 of comb are attached to the under side of the top bars of the 

 frames. This is a very good practice, as it gives the bees a start 

 within the frames with worker comb. The difficulty of obtaining 

 comb for the purpose, especially in long strips, made it necessary 

 to use a wooden guide, and it Avas discovered that the bees were 

 more certain to follow the guides by elevating the rear end of the 

 hive. The best way to secure straight combs is by placing each empty 

 frame between two fall ones. If no full ones are en hand; use comb 

 foundation, which if used altogether in the brood nest will prevent the 

 building of much drone comb. 



