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frames. This has led me to replace the wide frames by the 

 more convenient and desirable section-case or crate. 



CRATBS OR RACKS. 



These (Fig-. 112) are to be used in lieu of large frames, to 

 hold sections, and are very convenient, as we can use one tier 



Fig. 112. 



Crate for Sections. — Original. 



at first, and as the harvest advances tier up, or " storify," as 

 our British friends would say, until we may use three, or even 



Fig. 113. 



J. Super. — From A. I. Root Co. 



four, tiers of sections on a single hive. I think this far the 

 best arrangement for securing comb honey. 



Southard and Ranney, of Kalamazoo, have long used a 

 very neat rack, as seen in Fig. 112. 



