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of the honey-flow, all the supers should be removed to pre¬ 
vent honey from being carried down to the brood-chamber 
and to keep the bees from propolizing the sections excessively. 
At this time bee-escapes (Fig. 31) greatly increase the ease 
of taking off supers and, while they are useful at any time, 
they are specially helpful after the honey-flow ceases. The 
honey should be taken to the shop and protected carefully 
from robbing bees. 
Preparation of bait sections. 
Before storing the supers, any unfilled sections should 
be sorted out and the partially filled ones may be given 
back to the bees to be emptied. If no disease is present 
in the apiary or in the neighborhood and if there are a con¬ 
siderable number of such sections, they may simply be 
exposed where the bees can get the honey from them and 
they should be left there until a day or two after the bees 
have ceased to visit them. Bees often leave sealed honey 
untouched under these circumstances. If there are only 
a few supers, they may be stacked on colonies and should 
be left there for a day after the bees have taken out the 
honey. In this way excitement is reduced to the minimum 
and general robbing is prevented. The emptied sections 
should then be saved for bait sections the following season. 
Storage in supers. 
The full supers are so placed in the honey-house as to 
permit free circulation of air, by laying them crosswise or 
by putting sticks between the supers. The storage room 
must be kept dry with the windows open (but screened) 
during warm weather. During damp, cool weather, the 
windows should be closed and the room may be heated 
artificially, sudden changes in temperature being avoided. 
If wax-moths are abundant, the honey may be fumigated 
with sulphur fumes or carbon bisulfide (p. 414). 
Comb-honey should be prepared for market as speedily 
as practical after its removal from the hive. This is specially 
