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



S3t raise the rack one-fourth of an inch from the brood frames. 

 r. Heddon uses a similar crate without the iron strips. 

 The Wheeler rack (Fig. 64; simply holds the sections, while 

 each section is glassed separately. 



Fig. 64. 



Wheeler Rack. 



The most common crate now in use (Fig. 65) is simple and 

 cheap. Long tins (Fig. 65, b, b) extend between the rows 

 of sections, though these may be wood, the outside sections 



Fia. 65. 



Sections in Crate. 



receive gl^ss (Fig. 66, e, c), while a clamp (Fig. 65, a j wedges 

 the sections fnnly in position. 



Captain Hetherington sets a rack of sections above the 

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

 side storing. Mr. Doolittle makes a rack by placing frames, 

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



