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super should be reversed -without this board being held on it, 

 there might be a possibility of sections tumbling out and break- 

 ing. (The board is needed under the reversed super in any 

 case. ) The super is now lying upside down on the board, the 

 board even with the edge of the table. The side of the super 

 having the follower is nearest, and I slide the super toward me 

 enough so that I can push the follower down and let it drop out. 

 I then push the super back on the board and lay the push-board 



Fig. 69 — Swarm dumped before No. 32. 



on the bottoms of the sections. Before putting the push-board 

 on the sections, however, I remove any bits of wax that may be 

 on the bottoms of the sections, otherwise the push-board coming 

 down hard upon them will crush the comb enough to make the 

 sealing on the lower part of the sections look watery, if it does 

 no greater damage. 



As the super now lies, the sections are not resting on the 

 board beneath, there being % inch space there. I push the 

 push-board down till the sections rest on the board below. 



