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solid against the wall, having another box at the backot it, it 
necessary, to bring it further from the wall ; then fasten to 
the table with nails, screws or clamps. 
Now hang your frame of sections in the box, separators 
toward you. If the sections are glued tight in the frame, 
run a knife between the top-bar and the sections, also 
between the bottom-bar and the sections ; but this is often 
unnecessary. With the shouldered end of the push-stick, 
start the sections at each of the four corners of the frame, 
and sometimes it may be necessary to start them at the 
middle of the end pieces. You will now find the advantage 
of the shoulder on the push-stick, for you cannot go more 
than 34 of an inch before tho shoulder will strike the frame, 
and sometimes it takes so much force to start the sections, 
that when the attachment gives away, the sections would be 
broken if there were no shoulder. Now with the other end 
of the stick push against the different parts of the sections 
that lag the most, till they are out of the frame. 
In some respects it would be an improvement to have open 
instead of closed tops, to the wide frames ; but I never tried 
them. I tried some wide frames, holding one tier of sections, 
and having open tops ; that is, top-bars like the bottom-bars, 
% of an inch less than the ends of the frames. I liked these 
better. 
IIEDDON SUPERS. 
After seeing the first super or surplus-case which Mr. 
James Heddon invented, I resolved to try it. I gave it a 
pretty thorough trial, putting, I believe, two hundred into 
use. One advantage I expected from them, was the dispens- 
ing with separators. I had seen nice sections of honey 
secured by Mr. Heddon with no separators ; and others, also, 
had been successful. I was unsuccessful. I do not know, 
positively, why. It may have been the different manage- 
ment. Mr. Heddon allowed, if he did not encourage, natural 
swarming. I did all I could to discourage it. I think, 
compared with mine, that his bees were crowded for surplus 
