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was the great amount of labor entailed. For one not over 
strong it made a great deal of heavy lifting. Yet I secured 
some good crops of honey by it, never in more satisfactory 
shape, and I am not sure whether I can do any better by any 
other system, if I do not take into account the item of labor. 
Before I leave the subject of wide frames I will tell how I 
took the sections out of the frames. It is, I think, easier to 
take out the whole eight than to take out a single one. I at 
first laid the wide frame down on the table, face downwards, 
slipped a little stick about 34 of an inch thick under each 
end of the frames, then with a stick pushed down the sections 
all around as far as the table, then by pulling up on the 
frame and holding down the sections with the stick, the 
frame was lifted oil, leaving the sections lying on the table. 
But sometimes, when the sections were unusually loose in 
the frame, they came to grief by tumbling out prematurely 
as the frame was being turned over on the table. To remedy 
this, a board was taken, a couple of inches longer than the 
frame, and as wide as the depth of the frame. Near each 
end of the board was nailed a strip about 34 of an inch thick, 
the two strips being such a distance apart that when the 
frame was laid flat upon its face these strips would support 
the ends of the frame, leaving the sections free to drop the 
34 inch. To use it, stand the frame on the table with the 
separators toward you ; then stand the board on the opposite 
side against the frame, and lay the two together down upon 
the table, frame uppermost. If any sections do drop out in 
turning over, they can only drop upon the board. This is a 
very good plan if the number to be taken out is not very 
large. 
But when hundredsof frames are to be emptied, every little 
advantage that will make a difference in speed of perform- 
ance is worth studying for; so I adopted a plan which 
allowed them to be taken out very rapidly. This was 
Charlie’s specialty, and he became so expert at it that I think 
it would be difficult for any one to take out sections faster, 
no matter what kind of surplus case might be used. At his 
