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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



one side as in the picture. These cleats may be Yihy % 

 inch, but the dimensions are not important. Now put a 

 super on the board, shoving one corner snug up in the 

 corner made by the cleats. With a lead-pencil, mark on 

 the board, on the inside of the super, where the sides of 



Fig. 47 — Alfalfa. 



the super come. Put eight sections in the super, four on 

 each side, with three T tins in their proper places. 

 With a pencil rule across the board each side of each T 

 tin, so as to show where the T tins come. Now take ofif 

 the super and its contents, and get six strips, each 11^ 

 inches long and }i inch square. Nail these on as shown 

 in the picture, so as to keep at equal distances from the 



