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means of which it may be used as a nucleus for 
queen-raising. 
When not required for this purpose, the shutter is 
removed, and the vacant space caused thereby is filled 
by sections in a wide frame, allowing bee-spaces beneath 
and on the sides ; and the after compartment [ac^ Fig. 
26) is occupied by four more section-holders, corre- 
sponding with those in front — the whole interior of 
the after part being thus utilised as a honey compart- 
ment, the back entrance being closed. Above the 
Fig. 26.— The Raynor Eclectic Hive (Scale, 
be. Brood Compartment ; ac, After Compartment ; ah. Alighting-board ; p, Porch ; 
e. Entrance; hs. Hive Side (movable) ; db, db, Division-boards; ar, Section 
Rack ; r, Roof. 
frames of the brood compartment is placed the section- 
rack (j-r), which receives the eight section-holders 
from below, each with its three ilb. sections; so that, 
when these sections are fairly commenced in the 
front and after compartments, the holders, with sections 
and bees together, are transferred to the case above, 
while empty ones take the places from which they 
have been removed. The brood frames are fitted with 
metal ends (see Fig. 21), and slip freely upon hard- 
