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the frames, and then the adapter is placed bencath 
and the whole put into position, after which the slides 
on the stock-hive are withdrawn. If it be found that 
this super is becoming filled before the season is near 
its close, the extra super (box No. 3) is prepared in like 
manner; then the slides on the stock-hive are closed, 
the old super loosened from its honey-board, and the 
empty super placed between the two boxes. The 
slides are then reopened and work begins again, both 
in the new and the old super, for the rule must not 
be to wait for the first to be perfectly full before the 
second is added. 
Yet another plan which has been adopted is that of 
using what are known as the Stewarton slides, and 
though these would be too troublesome for the amateur 
to construct, we may here once for all describe their 
principle, In the [— ————— 
figures annexed are BAR = Ce ste Ly 
given illustrations 
in section, both of 
the bars and the slides which slip between them 
—the former (to which frames can be added) being 
fastened by screws easily capable of removal. The 
projection of the one fits into the groove in the 
other, and by inserting or withdrawing the slides we 
are able to obtain just as much or as little open- 
ing as may be wished—from a grating like the 
above to a practically entire crown-board. Small 
pieces of slides will be needed to stop up the two 
ends of each entire slide that is removed. 
It is also well to mention here the plan adopted from 
America by some bee-keepers, of substituting a quilt 
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