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sition to the usual plan of adopting a wide supering surface 

 above a shallow chamber. The latter does not give sufficient 

 power below, neither does it properly economise power for the 

 rapid and perfect production of section honey above it, as 

 does a narrow but more populous cluster among our eight 

 large frames, which arrangement provides for the more 

 economic distribution and conservation of heat. 



The principle ~of a narrow deep cluster must be continued 

 throughout the whole tier of sections as well, and hence each 

 crate of sections contains only three rows of six sections. 1 

 have tried varying numbers upon different surfaces and find it 

 a serious error to attempt to crowd many sections upon an 

 extended surface. 



The section crates are double walled all round, and packed' 

 between, giving the most complete protection for the rapid per- 

 fecting of the combs of honey. The roof is made in the same 

 manner as that illustrated for the Economic. 



SUPER CRATES 



to hold from 21 to 27 sections, can be made as follows : Put 

 together a plain box of the size desired with neither top nor 

 bottom, and wide enough to take three 4j-inch sections across 

 besides the thickness of rails supporting them. Such rails are 

 in the form of an inverted "J" ; the sections resting upon the 

 ledges which must not be more than J-inch thick, giving that 

 space between the sections and top bars of the frames. Any 

 space, left at the one end of the sections must be closed by a 

 piece of wood to act as a dummy. This I prefer to fit only 

 just tight, as both wedges and springs are quite unnecessary. 

 With all crates in general use, the 



Space between the sections and top bars 



of the frames is objectionable, in that brace combs are nearly 

 always attached to the underside of the sections. To avoid 



