SUPEES. 



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CHAPTEE XXIII. 



SUPEES. 



These are made of straw, wood, and glass. Straw skeps, 

 small and neatly made, are better than, small boxes for 

 supers. Honeycomb in tbem sells in tbe wholesale 

 market at Is. 6d. per lb. Glass supers filled command 

 a higher price. The straw and box supers are more 

 ccjQvenient for parties using their own combs ; but glass 

 supers are ornamental on a dinner or breakfast-table, and 

 therefore more saleable. 



Common Honey-Glass. 



Improved Honey-Glass. 



It will be seen that one glass is a very great improve- 

 ment on the other ; it looks better,' and has a movable 

 top or Hd. In glass supers the combs are generally buUt 

 upwards, and when they reach the tops they are fastened 

 to them. When the improved glasses are fiUed and taken 

 off, the lids are found securely fastened to the combs. By 

 dipping a towel or cloth of any kind in warm water, and 

 then laying it on the lids, they become unfastened, and 



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