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packed into the space; and these are afterwards 
only to be extracted by a general mash. The same 
remark applies to all supers, of any material, where 
breadth of surface enough is not afforded for a 
large number of bees to cluster and labour at one 
time. Can it be a matter of wonder that a 
chimney-formed vessel should be twice as long in 
being filled (supposing that the bees do not forsake 
it) as a broad one, in which a genial warmth is 
concentrated, and where several combs can be in 
progress simultaneously? A reversal of the usual 
proportions, both in straw and glass supers, is 
therefore to be recommended. The latter may 
advantageously be from nine to eleven 
inches across; the depth being about 
half the diameter: straight at the sides, 
and flat on the top. A piece or two of 
euide-comb, slightly melted, and fixed by tke edges 
to the top of the glass, previously made warm, will 
serve as an attraction; or in a large glass, four or 
eight pieces, radiating from the centre uniformly, 
will direct the bees in working with a regular 
design, producing a pleasing effect. A useful ad- 
junct to a glass is a small circular tube of 
perforated zinc, having a rim round its upper end, 
by which it is held suspended within a small hole 
on the top. It should be long enough to reach 
nearly down to the level of the floor. To the tube, 
when a little warmed, a narrow piece of guide-comb 
will adhere, and act as an attraction to the bees: 
it will be further useful as a central support to the 
loaded combs. 
