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Sectimis in Crates. 



Mr. Jones finds that by using the division-board made of 

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

 and they can be safely placed in one end of the body of the hive. 



The coming summer I shall use six sections in the GaUup 

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



Fig. 62. 



rm 



Langstroth Frame with One Pound Sections. 



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

 inches. Figure 62 shows a Langstroth frame full of one 

 pound sections. 



CRATES OR 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 fm^ Sections. 



Southard and Raney, of Kalamazoo, use a very neat rack 

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



