Bee culture in Maine by Griffin O. B

Author:Griffin, O. B
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Bees
Publisher: [Waterville, Sentinel publishing company
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 17.—Comb honey super taking plain sections and fences

More extracted honey can be secured with the same number of colonies of bees. When once the combs are built they can be used for many years while, if comb or chunk honey is produced, the comb is sold with the honey.

Chunk honey is usually produced in half depth extracting frames. If one can dispose of this in a local market, the

Fig. 18.—Used in extracting super or for choice honey production

cost of this method is small. It is a good method for the busy man who has little time to devote to the bees, there will be less tendency to swarming and more honey can be produced. For home use or a neighborhood market much may be said in its favor. The honey may be sold in the frames or cut from the frames and put in tin pails, which may be secured from supply dealers. For the fruit grower who desires bees in the orchard for the purpose of pollination and does not care to spend much time with them, this method may appeal to him.

Plenty of supers should be provided either half or full depth. The full depth means less care and attention. These are simply-extra hive bodies filled with brood frames, starters or full sheets of foundation. If one desires to extract the honey from these frames, heavier foundations will need to be used and the foundation wired in the frames.

If the bees are given extra bodies or supers as needed, swarming may be kept down to a point where the losses or trouble will be small.

It would be best to have clipped queens where this method is used and to requeen with young, vigorous queens at the close of each season.

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