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to work you may know that they are not strong enough to store 

 in the super, or that there is not enough for them to store. Per- 

 haps the ventilation is not good, and the supers are uncomforta- 

 ble. 



Supers, Kind to Use. — Q. Which section super do you prefer, 

 and would you advise plain or beeway sections, and which kind 

 of separator? 



A. After a great deal of experience with different supers, I 

 prefer the "T" super. A considerable experience with different 

 kinds of sections makes me prefer the beeway, 454x4J4xl^. In 

 handling the plain sections, one must be more careful lest the 

 fingers be thrust in them, and more careful lest they tumble over. 

 A loose, plain wood separator serves well, is inexpensive and easy 

 10 clean. 



Q. What objections, if any, do you have to the fence and Ideal 

 super? 



A. Without mentioning any other objection, the fences are 

 more troublesome to clean, and so are the plain sections that go 

 with them, for it is easier to mar the honey in a plain section, and 

 it topples over more easily when standing. 



Q. Which is the better for extracting, the full depth or the 

 shallow super? 



A. Except for the inconvenience that they cannot be used in- 

 ttrchangeably in the brood-chamber, the shallow frames are con- 

 sidered better for extracting. The queen is less likely to go up 

 into them, and their shallowness makes them easier to clean. 



Supers, Number for Each Hive. — Q. Would two supers be 

 enough to get for each hive? 



A. You can get along, after a fashion, with only one super, 

 but it is very poor economy to scrimp in the matter of supers. 

 I: you mean extracting-supers of the same size as the brood- 

 chamber, three would be better than two. For sections, I would 

 not like to start in the season with less than six supers of 24 sec- 

 tions each for each colony. 



Supers, Putting On. — Q. Is there any danger of giving a super 

 too soon? 



A. Yes, if you should give a super a month before the harvest 

 ir would be making the bees keep up the heat unnecessarily in 

 just so much more room. 



Q. If I put on the supers before the bees swarm, will that 

 keep them from swarming? 



