206 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



board being firmly held on the super by one hand while revers- 

 ing. If the super should be re^'e^sed without this board being 

 held on it, there might be a possilnlity of sections tumbling 

 out and breaking. (The board is needed under the reversed 

 super in any case.) The super is now lying upside down on 

 the board, the board even with the edge of the table. The side 

 of the super having the follower is nearest, and I slide the 

 super toward me enough so that I can push the follower down 



Fig. 69 — Sioarm dumped before No. 32. 



and let it drop out. Then I 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, T remove any 

 bits of wax that may be on the bottoms of the sections, other- 

 wise 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 % inch space there. I push the 

 push-board down till the sections rest on the board below, 



