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features, I don’t wonder at its being condemned. I have no per- 
sonal interest in the affair; it is no invention of mine, but it is 
my deliberate conviction that at present there is no better super 
in existence that the “T” super. 
Q. Just how long ought the “T” super to be made inside? 
A. Mine are 17j4 long inside. I don't know whether any 
other length would do better. 
Q. I read that you use the “T” supers. I have a few regular 
supers on hand, but figuring how much furniture it takes, and the 
trouble to keep them clean, I thought perhaps this was your rea- 
son for using the super you do. 
A. My reason for using the “T” super is that I think I can' 
produce section honey of fine quality with less labor and expense 
than with any other kind I have tried, and I have tried many 
kinds. I think very few who have tried the “X” super probably 
have given it up. Some who have condemned it have never used 
it properly. I know of no super that allows the same number of 
sections in more compact form. When four supers are on a hive 
in a good season it is a common thing to have four to six supers 
on a hive— the distance from the top of the lower section to the 
bottom of the upper section is not more than 9 l / 2 inches. It does 
not seem possible to invent any super that will allow the sections 
to be in less space, for no room is taken up with bars under or 
over the sections. In most other supers there is a bottom-bar un- 
der the sections, and in some a top-bar as well. In the latter case, 
even if top and bottom-bars be only one-quarter inch thick, the 
distance between upper and lower sections, instead of being 9 J4, 
will be 11 inches. But a bottom-bar one-quarter inch thick is 
likely to sag, and even one-half inch may sag through warping. 
The “T” super has the advantage that the “T” tins are entirely 
rigid, with no sagging whatever. I might go on and tell how 
easy it is to fill the super with sections, and how easy to clean 
the sections. All these things, when properly done, set the “T” 
super at the head, in my judgment, as the best super for producing 
comb honey. Along with this is the fact that it costs less. 
Q. Will the “T” supers fit the standard hives? If not, I could 
not use them. 
A. A "T” super will fit any hive that is flat on top, which is 
pretty much the same as saying it will fit on any hive. My supers 
are rather short to fit my hives. I count that an advantage. 
Sometimes I want the super to be shoved just a trifle forward to 
