MillerThousand AnswersBeekeepingQuestions.pdf - BioBees

THOUSAND ANSWERS 227to work you may know that they are not strong enough tostorein the super, or that there is not enough for them to store. Perhapsthe ventilation is not good, and the supers are uncomfortable.Supers, Kind to Use.—Q. Which section super do you prefer,and would you advise plain or beeway sections, and which kindof separator?A. After a great deal of experience with different supers, Iprefer the "T" super. A considerable experience with differentkinds of sections makes me prefer the beeway, 454x4J4xl^. Inhandling the plain sections, one must be more careful lest thefingers be thrust in them, and more careful lest they tumble over.A loose, plain wood separator serves well, is inexpensive and easy10 clean.Q. What objections, if any, do you have to the fence and Idealsuper?A. Without mentioning any other objection, the fences aremore troublesome to clean, and so are the plain sections that gowith them, for it is easier to mar the honey in a plain section, andit topples over more easily when standing.Q. Which is the better for extracting, the full depth or theshallow super?A. Except for the inconvenience that they cannot be used inttrchangeablyin the brood-chamber, the shallow frames are consideredbetter for extracting. The queen is less likely to go upinto them, and their shallowness makes them easier to clean.Supers, Number for Each Hive.—Q. Would two supers beenough 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.I: you mean extracting-supers of the same size as the broodchamber,three would be better than two. For sections, I wouldnot like to start in the season with less than six supers of 24 sectionseach for each colony.Supers, Putting On.—Q. Is there any danger of giving a supertoo soon?A. Yes, if you should give a super a month before the harvestir would be making the bees keep up the heat unnecessarily injust so much more room.Q. If I put on the supers before the bees swarm, will thatkeep them from swarming?