STRAW DEPRIVING HIVES. 61 
would be useless to put the triplet anywhere except 
beneath this; while the one now added must have a 
two-inch hole in its crown as a passage upwards for 
the bees. In moving the first super, the upper half 
of a double adapter can be lifted with it (but should 
not be retained if its hole is narrower than two 
inches), first introducing between the pair a piece of 
zine or tin, to stop the communication with the stock- 
hive. In order to give the straw supers a better footing 
when placed one upon another, some persons prefer 
an extra cord or rim of straw to be worked round the 
outer bottom and top band. As it is 
essential to preserve the super from 
cold, it is far better for the real super 
to be a smaller cylinder enclosed by the 
upper of these two hives (which will 
then be made witha crown). To enable 
the super to be of the full size of the és 
stock-hive, there should be a jacket fit- 
ting over all, like the one upon page 72. 
Those who choose may have the supers made with- 
out crowns, which gives facilities for fitting them up to 
serve any required purpose. This is done by means of 
loose wooden crown-boards: they may be prevented 
from warping by being made of two circular smooth 
boards glued together, the grain of the 
wood crossing. These boards are of 
different diameters: the smaller circle 
falls within the inner diameter of the 
cap; the other should be made an inch 
or more larger, to rest upon the upper 
edge of it. The engraving annexed will illustrate 
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