lORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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PUTTING IN SEPARATORS. 



Generally these filled supers are not separatored till 

 the day's work of fastening foundation is done. Then a 

 small table is used at which the operator sits. This table 

 is made of three hive bottom-boards, or boards 21x14. 

 Stand two of the boards on end ; nail the other board on 

 top; nail light boards on one side for a back, or brace 

 with two pieces of lath diagonally ; and there's your table 

 (Fig. 62). Being convenient for other purposes, sev- 

 eral of these little tables are on hand. The table is placed 



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near a pile of supers to be separatored, and the separators 

 are filled in. 



