FORTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES. 



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less time, for there is not the same need of care in placing 

 the sections so other sections will not be knocked off the 

 board, but the sections are shoved into place in the super 

 in a sort of automatic way. Then, too, it is a comfort to 



Fig. il.—Alfafa. 



get them directly into the super, for while on a board, 

 even for a short time, there is always danger of some 

 mishap by which a boardful may tumble over and come to 

 grief. 



