Racks or Crates. 



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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. 



Fig. So. 



Lano^stroth Frame with One-Pound Sections, 



Figure 80 shows a Langstrotli 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 j^ropolis, and difficulty of removing the 

 sections from the wide frames. This has led me to replace 

 the wide frames bj' 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 thi-ee or even four tiers of sections on a single hive. I 

 think this far the best arrangement for securing comb 

 hone}'. 



Southard and Ranney, of Kalamazoo, have long used a 

 very neat rack, as seen in Fig. 81. 



