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fully out. Then they are taken on a wheelbarrow to the 

 honey-room (Fig. 74). 



You will notice that the wheelbarrow is innocent of any 

 box or tray. It is a common railroad barrow, with the tray 

 removed. In this shape it is very convenient for wheeling 

 supers or stove-wood, the principal uses to which it is put. 

 AVhen desired the tray can be replaced to be used for other 

 purposes. 



Fiij. i)7 — Jumbo Hive [at right). 



flAIILING SUPERS FOR OUT-APIARY. 



At the out-apiaries the supers must be loaded on the 

 wagon, and sometimes at the close of the season that is a rather 

 ticklish job. When we go to tlie apiary in the morning, we 

 drive pretty close to the place Avliere the piles of supers are 

 to be — mucii closer than it will be safe to take the horses at the 

 close of the day's work when the bees are thoroughly stirred 

 up — and after the horses are unhitched the wagon is taken by 

 hand to the luost convenient spot for loading on the supers. 



