CHAPTER IX. 
THE PRODUCTION OF HONEY. 
Honey : Where Stored Naturally — The Advantages of 
Supering — Large Supers v. Sections — Glass Supers: 
to Fix Combs in — Telescopic Supers — Clearing Bees 
from Supers — Bar Supers — Divisional Supers — 
Dovetail Sections — Folding Sections — Cutting and 
Fixing Foundation — Lee’s Sections — Section Crates 
, — Separators — Divided Crates — Brace Combs — In- 
vertible Crates — The Principles Involved in Extrac- 
tion — Uncapping — How to Secure Comb Honey — The 
Application of the Extractor — The Size of the Brood- 
nest — Methods of Supering — Treatment of Swarms 
for Honey Production — Foujidation in Section: Rea- 
sons for and against — Transferring Comb to Sections. 
Bee-keeping, which has been gracefully called the 
poetry of agriculture, has an intensely prosaic side ; it 
is the question of food and money, and this now most 
directly must occupy our attention, while we seek the 
guidance of general principles. 
The bee stores its tempting sweets at the parts of its 
habitation least accessible to an enemy, and where, 
during the grip of winter, the vital heat of the colony 
should keep the edge of the store sufficiently warm 
