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Here he’s inspecting the frames from a hive that didn’t produce any honey.
He’s looking to see if there are eggs or larvae in the beeswax cells; there
weren’t, indicating that the colony has somehow lost its queen.

He also sells honey in the comb. While we visited I tried some,
mashed into very hot toast. It was different…and delicious!

Because the bees would build their wax combs haphazardly in the frames,
the beekeeper buys pre-molded sheets of purified beeswax. The molding is
shallow, and functions as a hint to the bees where and how to build their cells
for eggs, larvae and honey.

After using a powered extractor, Dr. Cosnow had over 300 lbs. of honey from Fred H. Olin, M.D., is a semi-retired or-
the early part of the season. He put signs on his fence saying “Honey For thopaedic surgeon and a member of the BCMS
Sale” and set up a store in his front hall. People driving and walking to the Communications/Publications Committee.
park and beach come to his door and buy his honey. The proceeds don’t pay
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