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Racks and Crates. 



(Fig. 63), iii which they use the thin veneer sections. The 

 sheet-iron rests (Pig. 63, H, H, H), with their bent edges, 

 just raise the rack one-fourth of an inch, from the brood 

 frames. Mr. Heddon uses a similar crate without the iron 

 strips. 



The Wheeler rack (Pig. 64) simply holds the sections, 

 while each section is glassed separately. 



Fig. 64. 



Wheeler Back. 



A crate in common use (Pig. 65), is cheap, but faulty in 

 that with it tiering up is impossible. 



Fig. 65. 



Sections in Craie. 



Capt. Hetherton sets a rack of sections above the frames, 

 and stands sections one above the other on the side for side 

 Etoring. Mr. Doolittle makes a rack by placing frames, 

 such as I have described — except they are only half as high, 



