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features, I don't wonder at its being condemned. I have no per- 

 sonal interest in the affair; it is no invention of mine, but it is 

 my deliberate conviction that at present there is no better super 

 in e.xistence that the "T" super. 



Q. Just how long ought the "T" super to be made inside? 



A. Mine are 17^ long inside. I don't know whether any 

 other length would do better. 



Q. I read that you use the "T" supers. I have a few regular 

 supers on hand, but figuring how much furniture it takes, and the 

 trouble to keep them clean, I thought perhaps this was your rea- 

 son for using the super you do. 



A. My reason for using the "T" super is that I think I can 

 produce section honey of fine quality with less labor and expense 

 than with any other kind I have tried, and I have tried many 

 kinds. I think very few who have tried the "T" super probably 

 have given it up. Some who have condemned it have never used 

 it properly. I know of no super that allows the same number of 

 sections in more compact form. When four supers are on a hive 

 — in a good season it is a common thing to have four to six supers 

 on a hive — the distance from the top of the lower section to the 

 bottom of the upper section is not more than 9}4 inches. It does 

 not seem possible to invent any super that will allow the sections 

 to be in less space, for no room is taken up with bars under or 

 o\er the sections. In most other supers there is a bottom-bar un- 

 der the sections, and in some a top-bar as well. In the latter case, 

 even if top and bottom-bars be only one-quarter inch thick, the 

 distance between upper and lower sections, instead of being 9j4, 

 will be 11 inches. But a bottom-bar one-quarter inch thick is 

 likely to sag, and even one-half inch may sag through warping. 

 The "T" super has the advantage that the "T" tins are entirely 

 rigid, with no sagging whatever. I might go on and tell how 

 easy it is to iill the super with sections, and how easy to clean 

 the sections. All these things, when properly done, set the "T" 

 super at the head, in my judgment, as the best super for producing 

 comb honey. Along with this is the fact that it costs less. 



Q. Will the "T" supers fit the standard hives? If not, I could 

 not use them. 



A. A "T" super will fit any hive that is flat on top, which is 

 pretty much the same as saying it will fit on any hive. My supers 

 are rather short to fit my hives. I count that an advantage. 

 Sometimes I want the super to be shoved just a trifle forward to 



