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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
are used. Crates are made so cheaply, and are, 
withal, so much more serviceable for preserving 
sections after they are taken from the hive, that 
they alone need description (Fig. no will give a 
general idea of a usual form). The sections are 
arranged, in three rows, within a ring of wood -|in. 
deeper than the sections themselves, which stand on 
rails [r, r, Figs, no and in) running from front to 
back of the crate. Each rail is formed of two pieces, 
the lower supporting the corners of the sections, while 
the upper stands between them, giving the bees liberty 
Fig. 110.— Section Crate Filled. 
cs. Crate Side ; r, r, Rest Rail for Sections ; t, Tightening-board ; /, /, Finger Space. 
to travel all round their combs, and so avoiding pop- 
holes, as previously explained, and, further, providing 
finger-room {f, f), much facilitating the removal of 
single, filled sections. The sections of some makers 
are supported on a zinc sashbar (B, Fig. 113). They 
readily slide backwards and forwards upon the rails, 
but need to be kept firmly pressed together, so as to 
prevent the bees inserting their messy-looking pro- 
polis. This is accomplished by a tightening-board {t, 
Fig. no), driven forwards by a spring or clamp (cl). 
