APPLIANCES FOE SUPERIKO. 



67 



Fig. 39. 

 SUPER BOX. 



108. The Super Box 



(Fig. 3g) is used for 

 (lolding frames above 

 the body box, or 

 brood chamber. It 

 is a bottomless box, 

 the same width in- 

 ternally as the body 

 box, but varying in 

 length according to 

 the number, and in 

 depth according to 

 the depth of the 

 frames to be used in 

 it. If for standard 

 frames (97) it should 

 be g" deep ; if for 

 shallow frames (98), 

 of si" depth, it 

 should be 6" deep. 

 The sides, to carry the frames, are chamfered in the same way 

 as are the inner walls of the brood chamber (86) and are J" 

 shallower than the ends. Two pieces, 2" x |", rabbeted i" x J", 

 are nailed, one on each side, their upper edges being level 

 with the tops of the ends of the box. These pieces enclose the 

 ends of the top bars of the frames, preventing them from shift- 

 ing ; they conserve the heat, and are useful also as handles. 



109. The Excluder (Fig. 



["^ r^rrrrLj^r::^--^— -ir-iin- " 4°) ^^ used to prevent the 



"" " queen from reaching, and 



depositing eggs in the sec- 

 tions or frames placed 

 above the brood chamber, 

 and for shutting off the 

 queen and drones from any 

 part of the hive in which 

 their presence is not de- 

 sired. (95). It is a sheet of 

 zinc large enough to cover 

 Ihe tops of the frames, 

 when used to exclude from 

 the upper storey, and per- 

 forated with holes which 

 permit worker bees to pass, 

 but exclude the queen and 

 drones. In' practice it is found to offer some obstruction to the 

 workers, and it is rapidly falling into disuse among bee-keepers 

 who work for section honey. But it has still its admirers among 



V\g. 10. 

 EXCLUDER. 



