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board upon which the sections are piled should be light, 

 as no great strength is required, and sometimes several 

 thousand folded sections will be piled up ahead, and it is 

 pleasanter to handle the light board. A dummy or al- 

 most any board will answer, but oftener wood-zinc queen- 

 excluders are used. One of these is of such size that 

 there may be placed upon it side by side three rows of 

 sections with ten sections in each row. Upon these are 

 placed three other rows, break-joint fashion, with nine 

 sections in each row, and this piling up may continue till 

 the upper rows contain four or less each. Generally the 

 piling goes njo higher than to have six sections in the 

 upper rows, making 120 sections a board-full. As fast 

 as one board is filled another takes its place, and the filled 

 board is piled up, unless Miss Wilson is putting in foun- 



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dation at the time and is ready for a fresh board-full of 

 sections. 



