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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
It has been already pointed out that crates of 
sections are often completed in one part before even 
a start has been made in another, and that, as a rule, 
the central portions receive first attention. An 
advantage is frequently gained, therefore, by dividing 
the crate into three, as at Fig. 112, so that each row 
of sections, by being held in a separate tray, may 
be manipulated independently. The three parts 
placed closely, side by side, cover the hive top, and 
practically constitute a single crate. At the com- 
pletion of the central tray, it can be removed, to 
Fig. 112.— Divided Crate. 
sp. Tightening Spring ; w. Window. 
make way for a set of empty boxes in a similar 
tray, or its place may be taken by that side tray 
which may be found most advanced, while the 
sections to be added fill the space thus created. 
The Rev. G. Raynor is the designer of the crate 
above figured, and which is much in favour. The 
sections are held in close contact, as in ordinary 
crates, by springs {sp), which have to be removed 
in order that the contained sections may be lifted 
