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230 DR. miller'sthree or four supers on each hive, and from that up to seven oreight. But in the latter case the top and the bottom super willlikelybe empty, or nearly so.Q. With a full depth extracting-super, would it be any advantageto put the colony with the queen above the super with ahoney-board between? Would the bees store honey in it at all? Ithought perhaps the bees, having to pass through the super to getto the brood-chamber, they might store some honey earlier thanotherwise.A. Bees prefer to store honey above their brood, and withroom above, you could hardly expect them to store below. Yetin a strong flow I have had them store in a story below. But theywill not store below so soon as they will above.Supers, Removing.—Q. The super is now nearly full. Is it advisableto take it off?A. It is well to take away sections as often as a completesnperful is ready, although it is hardly best to wait until the cornersections are all sealed, for if you do so the central sectionswill have their cappings darkened. The unfinished sections maybe assembled from different supers into one super and returnedto the bees to be finished.Q. I run my bees for extracted honey. How can I free the supersof bees without having to brush every comb? I do not careto use the Porter bee-escape board if there is any other way.A. You could use some other escape, as the Miller tent-escape.It consists of a robber-cloth with a cone of wire-cloth centrallylocated. The La Reese escape is favored by some. The iSIillerescape is put on top of a pile of supers after they are taken fromthehives.Q. Is it proper to take off the supers in the fall of the year?(Arkansas.)A. In your latitude (36 degrees) it will probably do no harmto leave extracting-supers on the hive over winter. But it willnot do to leave section-supers on the hive over winter in anyclimate, because the comb in the sections will be spoiled. Neithershould the sections be left on until tall, unless the honey-flowcontinues until then. Just as soon as the bees stop storing inthe sections they should be taken off.Supers, Space Below.—Q. How much space should there bebetween the brood-frames and supers, or board, if left on?A. About one-fourth inch ; less rather than more.Supers, "T."—Q. What is a "T" super? Looking up the catalogsI find nothing except "T" tins in this line.