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FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



the troublesome oases, but these are the exceptional eases, and 

 in general tlie work is easy enough to be done rapidly. 



TAKING OUT UNFINISHED SECTIONS. 



The empty super being set down and the push-board re- 

 moved, the unfinished sections are picked olf, and the super 

 is put back on the sections as it was before. Then the super 

 and the board under it are reversed, and the board lifted off. 

 Finished sections from another super used for that purpose 



Fig. 70 — Bee Working on Red Clover. 



are jiut in to take the places of the unfinished sections that 

 were removed, and the super with its 24 finished sections is put 

 on the pile. 



BLOCKING UP SUPERS OF SECTIONS. 



Tlie piles of finished sections are 20 supers high, the piles 

 being about 6 inches from each other and from the wall. Four 

 blocks % of an inch thick are placed under the comers of the 

 first super in the pile, and four are put on the comers of 

 each super before the next super is placed over it. This for 

 ventilation (Fig. 79). The sun has a fair chance to make this 

 room a pretty warm place, and screened doors and windows 

 allow free passage for the air. 



FUMIGATING SECTIONS. 



Years ago it was vei-^' important to fumigate (liese sec- 

 tions, or else a good many of the larvae of the bee moth would 



