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and rapid work in the super is required. It also makes an ideal 

 brood chamber for wintering. The opening between the two sets 

 of frames forms a passage for the bees to pass, during extreme cold 

 weather, to get to fresh winter stores, without going over, under, or 

 around the combs through the cold extremities of the hive; supers 

 and brood chamber units are interchangeable; colonies are easier 

 and better kept under control during the swarming season; it is 

 easy to make increase when desired simply by removing one unit 

 and supplying it with a queen; and a strong colony is always 

 ready for the super when desired by simply removing all but one 

 unit of the brood chamber. Beekeepers often ask, "How can I 

 get my bees to work in the super?" ' The sectional hive solves the 

 problem. It puts the honey in the super. Yes, all the honey. 



Figure 12. Sectional brood chamber hive. 

 Falconer Mfg. Co.) 



(After W. T. 



A queen excluder (see figure 13) should always be used between 

 ip.e brood chamber and super of this hive ; otherwise the queen in 

 her restricted quarters would go above to lay and it is desirable to 

 keep brood and surplus honey separated. This hive mjght be 

 termed a specialist's hive but it can be easily managed by an 

 amateur. Both of the above hives are built in two sizes, for eight 

 or ten frames. The ten-frame size is the one most commonly 

 used by experienced beekeepers so that it is safe to decide that 

 this is the best adapted for all purposes. 



The beginner will make no mistake in selecting either of the 

 hives or supers described above. The amatetu- who keeps only a 

 few hives will readily decide to work for comb honey, because this 

 will not require an expensive extractor and nice white combs of 

 section honey will appeal to him. For this purpose the sectional 



