96 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
lower super this course is not advisable, for, as will be 
gathered from the design of the grating, it is 
important to give the freest access from one super to 
the other; and as any adapter placed over such grated 
board would require to be grated itself to correspond, 
there would obviously be little gain to the timid from the 
protection of a board such as that. A middle super, 
in fact, should have no cover at all, so that the bees 
on passing through the spaces between the bars may 
find themselves in the top super without any further 
impediment. When this latter has been removed, a 
crown must be placed over the lower one, or Mr. Tay- 
lor’s grated top will require some temporary cover to 
close the openings. At the commencement of the 
season then the stock-hive stands alone with the 
slides in its crown-board closed, and the addition 
of a single super must not be made till the warmth of 
the weather and the progress of the bees have rendered 
the increased space and ventilation both safe and desir- 
able. A new swarm will probably require it, according 
to the weather, in from twelve to twenty-four days after 
hiving. A stock of a previous year, whose dwelling- 
place is ready-furnished, will need it in the first warm 
season in or after the latter part of April. If it 
should be found that royal cells are laid on, or any 
other sign showed of inclination to swarm, no time 
must be lost, and the aim should be to provide the 
additional room just before the commencement of all 
such preparations; but by promptly destroying or 
removing the royal cells the mischief may be stopped. 
The bars in the super (box No. 2) are smeared 
with wax, or otherwise supplied, in like manner with 
