Honey in the Comb

I. Comb Honey ...................................................... 1 II. Choosing a Location ........................................... 7 Outapiaries ................................................................. 9 Honey Plants and Bee Pasture ..................................... 10 III. Comb Honey Equipment ................................... 15 The Hive ................................................................... 15 The Bottom Board ...................................................... 19 The Hive Cover .......................................................... 22 Brood Frames ............................................................ 23 Our Ventilated T Super ............................................... 26 Separators ................................................................ 31 Sections for Comb Honey ............................................ 31 Folding Sections ........................................................ 36 Foundation for Sections .............................................. 38 Cutting Box ............................................................... 41 Fastening Foundation in Sections ................................. 47 Filling the Super ........................................................ 50 Painting Sections With Paraffin .................................... 51 Bait Sections ............................................................. 53 IV. Colony Management ........................................ 55 Spring Management ................................................... 55 Pollen Supplements .................................................... 56 Selection of Breeding Stock ......................................... 58 Swarm Control and Requeening ................................... 61 Dipping Queen Cells ................................................... 73 Clipping Queens......................................................... 74 The Honeyflow........................................................... 75 Super manipulation .................................................... 77 Preparation of Bees for Winter ..................................... 79 Cleaning of Bee Equipment ......................................... 88 V. Care and Storage of Comb Honey ....................... 93 Removing Moisture From Comb Honey ......................... 95 VI. Marketing Comb Honey .................................. 103 Preparation for Market .............................................. 103 Grading and Weighing Comb Honey ............................ 107 Marketing ................................................................ 120 VII. Bulk Comb Honey ......................................... 123 VIII. Beekeeping Records ..................................... 133 IX. The Future for Comb Honey ............................ 135 Index ................................................................. 137 About the Author ................................................. 141