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as the square sections. I have tried 4% square sections of 

 several widths, 1 15-16 inches wide, 7 to the foot, also 8, 9, and 

 10 to the foot. I ha\e made some trial of plain sections, but for 

 my market 1 am not sure that there is advantage enough in them 

 to make me chaii.^e from the hvn-bt'eway sections. 



T SUPERS. 



The T supers I use are 121/8 wide inside, just right for 

 eiyht-frame hives. Just why I adopted this size I do not know. 



Fig. 40 — Oriffinul Miller Feeder. 



for at that time I was using 10-frame hives, and it was a little 

 awkward to use a super so much narrower than the hive. But 

 at least part of the time I used only eight frames in the 10- 

 frame hives. 



HOW TO MAKE A T SUPER. 



So rriany have asked how to make a T super that it may be 

 well to give directions here. It is a plain box without top of 

 bottom, the inside width being the same as that of the hive, and 

 the depth % inch more than the depth of the sections to be 



