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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. Hoot Co. 



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

 best arrangement for securing comb honey. 



SoutTiard and Ranney, of Kalamazoo, have long used a 

 very neat rack, as seen in Fig. 112. 



