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to work you may know that they are not strong enough to store 
in the super, or that there is not enough for them to store. Per- 
haps the ventilation is not good, and the supers are uncomforta- 
ble. 
Supers, Kind to Use. — Q. Which section super do you prefer, 
and would you advise plain or beeway sections, and which kind 
of separator? 
A. After a great deal of experience with different supers, I 
prefer the “T” super. A considerable experience with different 
kinds of sections makes me prefer the beeway, In 
handling the plain sections, one must be more careful lest the 
fingers be thrust in them, and more careful lest they tumble over. 
A loose, plain wood separator serves well, is inexpensive and easy 
10 clean. 
Q. What objections, if any, do you have to the fence and Ideal 
super? 
A. Without mentioning any other objection, the fences are 
more troublesome to clean, and so are the plain sections that go 
with them, for it is easier to mar the honey in a plain section, and 
it topples over more easily when standing. 
Q. Which is the better for extracting, the full depth or the 
shallow super? 
A. Except for the inconvenience that they cannot be used in- 
terchangeably in the brood-chamber, the shallow frames are con- 
sidered better for extracting. The queen is less likely to go up 
into them, and their shallowness makes them easier to clean. 
Supers, Number for Each Hive.— Q. Would two supers be 
enough to get for each hive? 
A. You can get along, after a fashion, with only one super, 
but it is very poor economy to scrimp in the matter of supers. 
11 you mean extracting-supers of the same size as the brood- 
chamber, three would be better than two. For sections, I would 
not like to start in the season' with less than six supers of 24 sec- 
tions each for each colony. 
Supers, Putting On. — Q. Is there any danger of giving a super 
too soon? 
A. Yes, if you should give a super a month before the harvest 
ir would be making the bees keep up the heat unnecessarily in 
just so much more room. 
Q. If I put on the supers before the bees swarm, will that 
keep them from swarming? 
