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other three corners, and you will have on each side three 

 holes that will allow the supports of the T-tins to pass 

 through without obstruction. 



TAKIX(; SECTIONS OUT OF SUPER. 



Being now ready to take out the unfinished sections, 

 the first thing is to see whether there are any to take out. 

 If a careful inspection shows that all sections in a super 

 are sealed down to the bottom, it goes directly to the pile 

 of finished sections. If any sections are seen that are not 

 finished, the super is placed on the table, and the little 

 sticks removed that were crowded between the ends of 

 the sections on top. A flat hive-cover, or a board a little 

 larger than the super, is placed upon it. Then super and 

 board are both turned upside down, the board being 

 firmly held on the super by one hand while reversing. 

 If the super should be reversed without this board being 

 held on it, there might be a possibility of sections 

 tumbling out and breaking. (The board is needed under 

 the reversed super in any case). The super is now ly- 

 ing upside down on the board, the board even with the 

 edge of the table. The side of the super ha\-ing the fol- 

 lower is nearest, and I slide the super toward me enough 

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

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

 board on the bottoms of the sections. Before putting 

 the push-board on the sections, however, I remove any 

 bits of wax that mav 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 34 -inch space there. 



