Shallow-Depth Super

4. Shallow-Depth Super

The shallow-depth super, 5 1⁄16 inches high, is the lightest unit to manipulate (about 35 pounds when filled with honey).

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These smaller supers are popular with people who don't want to handle heavy supers at harvest time. Using this size of super adds can complicate matters if numerous supers are needed to allow for the bees' honey production, but each super is easier to handle once fully loaded. This size has the greatest cost of assembly per square inch of usable comb space.

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