Bee-keeping for the Many; or, The management of the common and Ligurian honey bee / Including the selection of hives and a bee-keeper's calendar

Chapter 14: METHOD OF SECURING COMBS IN FRAMES.

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A concise practical guide combines a natural-history overview of honey bees with step-by-step, seasonal instructions for their management. It explains colony structure and roles, compares common and Ligurian varieties, and gives advice on selecting and siting hives, choosing or transporting stocks and swarms, and organizing an apiary. Practical chapters cover construction and arrangement of hives, swarm handling, honey collection, and routine maintenance, with a month-by-month keeper's calendar and troubleshooting guidance for pests, diseases, and environmental challenges to support successful small-scale beekeeping.

METHOD OF SECURING COMBS IN FRAMES.

When transferring combs into frames we temporarily secure them in position by the aid of slips of wood a sixteenth of an inch thick by half an inch wide, tacked on each side, and one or more zinc slips as delineated in the engraving.

All these artificial supports should be removed as soon as possible. The combs will generally be found firmly fixed in less than forty-eight hours.

Fig. 22.