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of the honey extractor, and the empty combs returned to the hive 

 for the bees to fill again. The supers are placed above the hive body. 

 For the production of extracted honey many beekeepers use simply 

 another hive body with the same kind of frames as the brood cham- 

 ber — two, or more, on very strong colonies when necessary. The 

 tendency, however, is toward a shallower super than the regular 

 depth, since these possess certain important advantages, chief 

 amongst which is that additional storage room can be given more 

 gradually, according to the needs of a colony, especially if it is weak, 

 or hampered by the condition of the honey flow, to care for a large 

 amount of room at a time. Another is the ease with which these 

 shallow supers may be freed of bees and removed from the hive vhen 

 filled with honey. The combs in such shallow frames are more easily 

 uncapped for the extractor by one stroke of the uncapping knife when 

 the honey is to be taken from them. 



Extracting super. 



Section comb super. 



FIGl 



The advantages of shallow supers are especially notable with comb 

 honey supers, of which there are two kinds. Most extenstively used 

 are those 5% inches deep, equipped with ten shallow Hoffman frames 

 5% inches in depth. For bulk comb honey production these are un- 

 surpassed. Section box comb honey supers are much more complicated 



in their equipment. There 

 are many styles of these su- 

 pers, and the best way to get 

 a good idea of them is to 

 procure, from one of the 

 manufacturers of beekeep- 

 ers' supplies a catalog in 

 which they are described 

 more fully. The most pop- 

 ular of these supers are those 

 with 4x5 sections and fence 

 separators. Section honey 

 is produced by very few 

 beekeepers in Texas, al- 

 though it is very pretty in 



appearance, and ability to 

 Excelsior cover. , j.\e jj?-4. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. turn out a fancy grade of it 



is considered proof of the 

 highest skill in the beekeepers' art. That Texas apiarists 



