58 THE PRACTICAL BEE GUIDE. 



experienced apiarists, who claim that the advantage of having 

 the sections protected from the cjiiccn's attentions, more than 

 compensates for any possible obstruction to the workers (268). 

 Where super boxes (108) with frames arc employed for extract- 

 ing purposes, an excluder below the super box is generally 

 used. It is important to arrange the excluder with its open- 

 ings running across, and not parallel with, the frames, thus 

 giving the bees freer access to the suiters. New excluders 

 may be rubbed with emery cloth, to remove the rough edges 

 of the openings. 



