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seems to liave found favor with very few others. So little 
has been said about it, that I do not even know the name of 
of it. Neither do I know who first invented it. I think that 
Mr. C. II. Dibbern, of Milan, Ills., invented substantially the 
same thing afterward, having probably never heard of it 
before. In the American Bee Journal for 1884, page 133, he 
describes his invention. If any beginner should happen to 
read this, and should think of adopting this style of super, I 
would say, “ Go slow.” Although I have tried them and like 
them, I am not sure that I know another one, except Mr. 
Dibbern, who has said anything, publicly, in favor of them. 
For want of a better name they may be called the “T- 
supers.” Mine are made for 4)4x434 sections, although they 
could very easily be made to take 4)4x5%, or 4)4x3%, or 
434x2 13-16. Although mine were first made before seeing 
Mr. Dibbern’s description, they are rather more like his than 
those shown me by Mr. Jones. Quite a number of mine are 
made from Heddon supers changed over ; but I will describe 
those which have been made new. 
HOW TO MAKE T-SUPERS. 
First make a plain pine rim or box without top or bottom, 
measuring inside 17%xl2%x4%. The lumber is dressed on 
all sides, and % of an inch in thickness. Each piece is halved 
at each corner. This is not absolutely necessary, although it 
makes a very nice, close, and stiff joint. The outside meas- 
ure is 19%xl3%x4% inches, so the sides are 19^g inches long ; 
but halving at the corners makes the end-pieces 13 inches 
long, instead of 12%, as they would be if not halved at the 
corners. At the middle of each end slotted hand-holes are 
sawed or cut in. I much prefer these handles or hand-holes 
at the ends, although others prefer them at the sides. I get 
the stuff in the flat, ready to be nailed together. 
To nail them together, I have an arrangement that holds 
the two end-pieces up, at just the right distance apart to nail 
the side-piece upon them. In a job of two days’ work, it 
may pay to spend the first day in getting ready, or making 
