114 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



Show no less than 80 tons of honey iil sectional supers 

 was imported into England ! Wake up ! English 1 Bee- 

 keepers, and don't buy what you yourselves can produce ! 

 As I cannot yet expect all persons to agree with me, 

 before describing these handy little boxes in detail, I 

 must notice one of the best of the larger forms. 



For frame hives, square supers — a combination of 

 wood and glass — are very suitable, and are easily made 

 by any handy man, and I give a description of the one 

 which obtained the prize at the Crystal Palace as the 

 best and cheapest super for general use. They are made 

 and sold by James Lee, of Bagshot, at $s. 6d. per pair ; 

 and each holds, when filled, about 18 pounds of honey. 



It has very much the appearance of the original 

 Woodbury super, having wooden framework with glass 

 panels; it is 13 inches square and 4 inches deep, and 

 fitted with seven bars. Its construction is a marvel of 

 ingenuity. Made almost entirely by means of a circular 

 saw, every one of its parts is cut to a mathematical 

 nicety, so that they fit each other with great precision, 

 and are all interchangeable with the parts of other supers 

 of the kind. It is composed of two square frames and 

 four ingeniously constructed pillars, each of which is a 

 study in itself ; one of the frames is laid upon the table, 

 with the rabbeted side upwards, and a pillar is pressed 

 on to each corner ; the glass is then slid into grooves in 

 the pillars, and rabbets in the bottom frame ; the top 

 frame is then pressed on to the pillars, and the super is 

 ready to receive the waxed bars, in fact is practically 

 complete, and may be readily taken to pieces. The 

 advantage gained by supers being made to take to 

 pieces is that the honeycomb may be easily cut out for 

 use. 



Of course supers may be made of any size, shape, or 



