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super, but they always did. Even a third super was often 
gone into. One trouble, connected with this, was that the 
brood-comb was bulged into the sections, and it was a dauby 
job to trim it down to its proper size. 
Later, I modified the above plan somewhat. After the 
first four frames of sections were started, the brood-comb 
was taken away, and the super filled as follows : At the 
south side was put a frame of started sections and a 
frame of empty sections ; at the north side was put a 
frame of empty sections, then a frame of started, then two 
empty, then one started. The south two frames had the 
sides without separators facing south, and the north five 
facing north. The north five were crowded close to the north 
side. This left quite a space between the two parts into 
which was put a dummy, and this was crowded to the south 
side. There are now in the super three frames of started 
sections and fourof empty, and one frame of started sections 
is left. This is put into a second super above, between two 
frames of empty sections at the south side, from three to five 
frames altogether being in this upper super. From time to 
time the bees are baited along in this, adding frame if 
necessary until the super is full, then if more room is required 
arrange this super the same as the first one, and add a third 
super. When sufficient time had elapsed the lower super 
was examined for any frames that might be ready to take off. 
Another plan was, instead of putting a frame of brood 
above, to put one or two frames of sections in the brood- 
chamber of the hive, without any super, putting the sections 
outside of the brood-nest, separators toward the brood. 
When the bees started work in these sections, they were put 
as bait in the super which was then given. This plan had 
the important advantage of confining the heat to the brood- 
chamber until the bees fairly commenced storing. 
An objection to the use I made of wide frames was the bits 
of comb and honey between the bottoms of these frames and 
the tops of the brood-frames. This might be remedied by 
using the Ileddon skeleton honey-board. Another objection 
