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Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 



The shallow frame super is a box, the same size as the 

 brood chamber, except in depth, which is only six inches, and 

 carries eight frames SJin. deep, spaced two inches from centre 

 to centre with a wide metal end. 



Fio. 29. 



To prevent the queen from entering the supers and 

 depositing eggs in the cells, a metal queen excluder, Fig. 30, 

 is placed over the brood chamber, the perforations of which 

 are so accurately made that the workers can pass through, 

 but not the queen. See Fig. 31. The best pattern zinc excluder 

 having the minimum amount of metal is that designed, 

 patented, and sold by E. H. Taylor, Ltd. 



The super is then put on and 

 covered with the quilts, 'ihe bees 

 enter this, build comb, and store 

 honey. When the first super is 

 two-thirds full it is raised and a 

 second one put underneath, and so 

 on to the end of the season. 



In Fig. 32 the two kinds of 

 supers are shown on the hive, the 

 section rack being drawn back 

 slightly to show the shallow frame 

 box, while Fig. 33 shows the whole 

 internal arrangement of the hive in 

 section. 



When the supers are filled and the 

 honey sealed over, they are cleared 

 of bees for removal by a " Bee '' 

 escape, Fig. 34, which allows them to pass out through the 

 springs, which close and prevent their return. This is fixed 

 into a board, Fig. 35, which is placed nndev the super to be 



Fia. 30. 



