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Sections in Crates. 



Mr. Jones finds tbn.t by usinp; the division-board made 

 of perforated zinc (Fig. 60), the queen is kept from the 

 sections, and they ciiu be safely pinced in one end of the 

 body of the hive. 



The :oming summer I shall 'ise six sections in the Gallup 

 frame, each one, five and one-fourth by three and one-half 



Fig. G2. 



Lungstrolh Frame willi One Pound Sections. 



inches, and sliall try some no thicker than one and three-eighths 

 inches. Figure 02 shovvs a Langstroth frame full of one 

 pound sections. 



CRATES OE RACKS. 



These (Fig. 37) are to use in lieu of large frames, to hold 

 sections, and are very convenient when we wish to set the sec- 

 tions only one deep above the brood-chamber. Though, if 

 desired, we can place one rack above another, as practiced by 

 Mr. James Heddon, and so have sections two, and even three 

 deep. 



Fig. 63. 



Crate for Sections, 



^^^'^^^.^^^ ^^^ Eaney, of Kalamazoo, use a very neat rack 

 (i? ig. fd), in which they use the thin veneer sections. The 



