FRAME HIVES. 113 
will be evident that the bees will not have access to the 
food at all; but if the SEPP 
plate be now shifted 
further to the left, 
any portion desired, 
or the whole, of its 
perforated part can 
be brought over the 
opening, and the ~ 
rate of feeding regu- 
lated as desired. 
The supers are shown in the sectional view at 
PQRST U, and they are 
Mr. Lee’s own “Crystal _ 
Palace Prize Supers.” Not fp EN 
: : FN inl | 
being intended to cover ‘sc 
the whole of the stock-hive, iE 
they measure about thirteen 
inches square; their depth is four inches. They 
have seven bars of the extended width usual im 
supers, the slits shown in the figure being 
for the admission of strips of wax-sheet. 
No form of crown is required, as the 
openings between the bars are closed by 
Stewarton slides, which, as explained on 
page 97, fit closely between them, so 
that when all inserted they give to the 
entire top surface the solid character 
of a crown-board. The sides are of 
glass. The whole can be taken to pieces 
and packed as a small parcel with the 
glass inside. The second cut shows one 
