folded are 4X5 inches, and the cake of hon- 
ey in them is of that size and weighs a 
pound, a trifle more or less. You press the 
ends together with your hands, thus fash- 
ioning the sections, then place them side by 
side in your super until it is full. It is then 
ready for surplus honey; put on top of the 
body of your hive, the cover having first 
been removed, and then put on top of the 
super. All parts fit each other. As the 
hive now stands, body and super, it is call- 
ed a one-and-one-half story, since the depth 
of the super is one-half that of the body. 
When two supers are on a hive — sometimes 
the case, as you would find later — you de- 
nominate the whole a two-story hive. 
BEESWAX AND COMB FOUNDATION. 
There is no such thing as manufactured 
comb honey. Extracted honey has been 
found mixed with glucose syrup, sugar syr- 
up, or both, a chunk of genuine honey 
dropped into it, and sold in tumblers as hon- 
ey or "honey compound." But no comb 
filled with honey or any other mixture and 
capped over as bees do it has ever been ar- 
tificially made or sold. For years there has 
been a standing offer of $1000 for any such 
product. It has never been and can not be 
claimed, and I wish that every reader of this 
would deny this canard that occasionally is 
foisted upon the public by those who repeat 
what they once heard or read. Bee-keepers 
know better. They are jealous about the 
matter. You may buy honey in sections 
and extracted honey in bottles, cans, or bar- 
rels from reputable dealers with the absolute 
assurance that you are getting the pure 
product of the bees. 
I have noted this in order to make plain 
the fact that modern apiculturists to a man 
use what is termed "comb foundation," 
which is pure beeswax run through heavy 
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