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The First Steps in Beekeeping 
For comb-honey production (minimum): — 
3 supers for 10-frame hive (if possible one made up for sample). 
The 4j inches square section, Is inches wide, is usually 
preferred. The purchase of only one super to the colony is 
to be condemned. 
Thin foundation, 2 oz. to super. For the beginner the use 
of small starters of foundation is sometimes preferable. 
If full sheets are used, 8 oz. to the super should be provided. 
For extracted-honey production: — 
2 extra hive bodies identical with those used in brood chamber, 
with full sheets of comb-foundation (see p. 28 concerning 
spacing devices in surplus chambers). 
1 2-framo non-reversible extractor. 
1 Bingham uncapping knife. 
For bulk comb-honey production : — 
3 10-frame supers with shallow extracting frames, 
j lb. thin-super foundation for each super. 
