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Beekeeping 
colony to give it more room. The proper order of the 
supers on the hive is shown in Fig. 136, it being assumed 
in this ease that super 5 is the one which is used near the 
end of the flow. It will be noticed in the case of supers 
1, 2 and 3, that after being placed just above the brood- 
chamber to be started, they are then put on the top in the 
next move. This carries up the wax-building bees where 
they are as far from the brood-chamber as possible and this 
is perhaps an important factor in swarm prevention. 
Removal of supers. 
Comb-honey intended for market should be removed as 
soon as possible after it is finished to prevent discoloration 
of the cappings, known as “travel stain.” The extensive 
beekeeper does not have time to remove the sections in¬ 
dividually but should give additional room just rapidly 
enough to make it possible to complete all the sections in a 
super about the same time. After the super is removed 
there are often some that are not completed and these may 
be sorted out in the shop and the unfinished ones may be 
put in supers and given to colonies. C. C. Miller believes 
that some colonies are better at this finishing work than 
others and so he chooses certain ones for this work. Dur¬ 
ing the finishing, bees should be crowded to insure its being 
completed before the honey-flow ceases. 
At the close of the honey-flow, the surplus space should 
be reduced and all supers in which no work has been done 
should be removed. As soon as practical, the surplus 
space should be reduced to one super but there should 
always be room for the ripening of new nectar. If desired, 
extracting combs may be used to receive the honey at the 
close of the honey-flow. 
Caring for the crop. 
In a heavy honey-flow most of the honey is removed 
before the flow ceases. In this case the bees are readily 
removed by smoking and brushing them out. At the close 
