Tol. XV. 



JUNK !5, 1887. 



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TIMELY 



SUGGESTIONS ON 

 OF THE T SUPER. 



THE USE 



WHEN TO PUT ON AND WHEN TO TAKK OIF I'llF. 

 HIVE, ETC. 



§TNCE tlie T super has taken sueli a 

 boom, beginners and others liavo re- 

 quested more especial instructions as 

 to how to put in the sections, exactly 

 when and how to put tlie first super 

 on, when to add another, about how many a 

 colony could take care of to advantage, and 

 when' to take the supers off, and tinally 

 when to remove them all. As there seemed 

 to be no one more fitted or competent to ans- 

 wer the foregoing questions, we requested 

 Dr. Miller to give minute directions, and to 

 give every little manipulation just as if he 

 were talking to beginners. We fancy that 

 some of the veterans will find some direc- 

 tions from the doctor that will be of some 

 service to them. "Without any prelimina- 

 ries Avliatever. he proceeds as follows : 



Until you g-et the knack of it, putting sections in 

 T supers is a little awkward. Have the supers on 

 some plane surface, where the sections can't full 

 through if the tin T's are displaced. Place the T's 

 not very carefully over the sheet-iron supports. 

 Put a row of four sections (I'm supjjosing- you use 

 4^4 X 414 sections) along the side, which will fix the 

 T's in their places at that side of the super; now a 

 second row next the first, but leave a little space 

 between them, and then slip a separator in the 

 space. Continue in this way, pushing the rows 

 close together as more room is needed. Supposing 

 that you commenced filling the side of the super 

 next to you (the aide and not the end of the super 

 must be next you), the rows will be pushed togeth- 



er till only two rows are lacking, then put in a row 

 close to the side next to you; then put two sections 

 at one end of the last row, and one at the other, 

 leaving the super full, all but one section. Putting 

 in tliis last section is the hardest part; and unless 

 your super is roomy, you will give up Tsupeisin 

 disgust and say it is too hard work to fill them. 

 Don't hurry the section in, but push it down steadi- 

 ly, holding it square in its place, and it may go in 

 with no trouble. One end, however, may catch on 

 one of the T's, and you must raise the section the 

 least trifle and crowd it enough to one side to al- 

 low it to pass down beside the objecting T. Some- 

 times it may be necessary to use a case-knife, 

 pushing down the section till one side is caught in- 

 side its T, then pushing down the knife inside the T 

 at the other end of the sections, when the latter can 

 be crowded into its place. My assistant, who has 

 had more experience than I in filling supers, says 

 she latterly prefers to put first a row of sections in 

 the side of the super furthest from her, the same 

 as I have already described, and, next, to put a row 

 in the side next to her, thus holding the T's in their 

 place for the rest of the work. Then the last two 

 separators can be coaxed into place, commencing 

 at one end, but taking care that this end docs not 

 get much the start of the other, or the separator 

 will be wedged fast. Possiblj' there ma.\' be so 

 loose a fit that one or both of these last two separa- 

 tors may be put in before the last row of sections 



The general rule given for putting on sections is 

 when bits of white wax are seen along the tops of 

 the frames. I would rather not wait for this. 

 Where clover is the first surplus crop it is well to 

 put on supers when clover-bloom is out in full. 

 This, at least in my locality, occurs ten days or two 

 weeks after the first clover-blossoms are seen; but 



