22 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
The shallow frame super is a box, the same size as the 
brood chamber, except in depth, which is only six inches, and 
carries eight frames 5}in. deep, spaced two inches from centre 
to centre with a wide metal end. 
To prevent the queen from entering the supers and 
depositing eggs in the cells, 2 metal queen excluder, Fig. 30, 
is placed over the brood chamber, the perforations of which 
are so accurately made that the workers can pass through, 
but not the queen. See Fig. 31. The best pattern zinc excluder 
having the minimum amount of metal is that designed, 
patented, and sold by Mr. E. H. Taylor. 
The super is then put on and 
covered with the quilts. ‘the bees 
enter this, build comb, and store 
honey. When the first super is 
two-thirds full it is raised and a 
second one put underneath, and so 
on to the end of the season. 
In Fig. 382 the two kinds of 
supers are shown on the hive, the 
section rack being drawn _ back 
slightly to show the shallow frame 
box, while Fig. 33 shows the whole 
internal arrangement of the hive in 
section. 
When the supers are filled and the 
Fis. 30. honey sealed over, they are cleared 
__ of bees for removal by a “ Watts’ ”’ 
escape, Fig. 34, which allows them to pass out by drop traps, 
through which they cannot return. This is fixed into a board, 
Fig. 35, which is placed under the super to be cleared in 
