4FPLIAN0E8 tOR SUFEBINO. 



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CHAPTER IX. 



APPLIANCES FOR SUPERINC. 



99. Supering. — The term " supering " is applied to the use 

 of sections and frames above the brood nest, in order to obtain 

 surplus honey (255) of a marketable 

 )' quality, and free from the mixtures of 

 larval remains and pollen which used 

 to characterise the honey offered for 

 sale before modern bee-keeping intro- 

 duced better methods. 



100. The Section (Fig. 32) is a square 

 case of bass wood, 4J'' x 4i" >< 2" x |". 

 It is sold flat, in one piece, dovetailed 

 at the ends, and with three V-shaped 

 cuts across the wood (Fig. 33) to permit 

 the folding of the section. Bee-ways 

 are provided by reducing the width of 

 the wood to if", so that when the sections are pressed together 

 in the crate (103) the bees can pass in and out of them. 



Fig. 32. 

 fHE SECTION. 



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Fig. 33. 



(1) FOUR- WAT SECTION; (6) SPLIT-TOP SECTION j (0) THREE SPLIl 

 SECTION. 



101. Sections of various kinds are now supplied, viz. — Two 

 bee-way which have spaces provided top and bottom ; four bee- 

 way (Figs. 32 and 33, a, b, c) which allow spaces on all the sides ; 

 ordinary — not split; split top [b] which have a cut along the 

 centre of the top to grip the foundation (110) when it is in- 



