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tions in the frames is the obvious and ample passage-ways, 
inviting the bees to enter them. But in our desire to make 
ample and inviting openings, caution is required that we do 
not over-do the matter, and invite the queen to injurious 
intrusion, So we have Charybdis and Scylla, and must, 
by study, learn to so steer between as to avoid both dangers. 
Mr. Jones finds that by using the division board made of 
perforated zinc (Fig 65), the queen is kept from the sec- 
tions, and they can be safely placed in one end of the body 
of the hive. 
Fic. 80. 
Langstroth Frame with One-Pound Sections, 
Figure 80 shows a Langstroth frame full of one-pound 
sections. As already stated, Mr. Heddon recommends the 
use of one-story wide frames, with separators, and so made 
as to admit of inversion (Fig. 66). At first I used these 
deep frames exclusively. The great objection. to them is 
the daubing with propolis, and difficulty of removing the 
sections from the wide frames. This has led me to replace 
the wide frames by the more convenient and desirable 
section crate or case. ; 
CRATES OR RACKS, 
These (Fig. 81) are to use in lieu of large frames, to 
hold sections, and are very convenient, as we can use 
one tier at first, and as the harvest advances tier up, or 
“storify” as our British friends would say, until we may 
use three or even 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. 81. 
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