. Beekeeping for Connecticut . Figure 9. Plain section super. (After theA. I. Root Co.). tracting supers havingframes similar to thoseof the brood chamber,only much are also used inthe sectional broodchamber hive describedon page 429. The sec-tion box super is pro-vided with section hold-ers or forms to hold thedelicate section slotted section super is the oldest and there are probablymore of them in use at present among beekeepers than any other,but they are slowly being discarded for those of later design. Oneimportant point in the construction of a super is simplic
. Beekeeping for Connecticut . Figure 9. Plain section super. (After theA. I. Root Co.). tracting supers havingframes similar to thoseof the brood chamber,only much are also used inthe sectional broodchamber hive describedon page 429. The sec-tion box super is pro-vided with section hold-ers or forms to hold thedelicate section slotted section super is the oldest and there are probablymore of them in use at present among beekeepers than any other,but they are slowly being discarded for those of later design. Oneimportant point in the construction of a super is simplicity. Themore parts there are, the more time it takes to keep them cleanedof propolis, a gummy substance that the bees use to cover cracksin the hive. This must all be scraped off each time a .super is Figure 10. Slotted section I. Root Co.) (After the BEEKEEPING FOR CONNECTICUT. 429 emptied so that the parts will go together again. The super mosthighly recommended by the writer is what is known as the frame super, shown in figure 7. This super, as the name implies,
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