. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 19. which is divided, as shown. When the section is folded it is placed in the block, the sheet of foundation being laid on the face of the wood,with its edge close to the split top bar. By closing the jointed flap on the left the upper half of the top bar is pressed home, and fastens the sheet firmly, and, once fixed, it cannot give way unless the wax breaks down. A section grooved on all sides has also been brought out expressly for using with full sheets of foundation. In this the section, after folding, is placed—top bar pointed u
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 19. which is divided, as shown. When the section is folded it is placed in the block, the sheet of foundation being laid on the face of the wood,with its edge close to the split top bar. By closing the jointed flap on the left the upper half of the top bar is pressed home, and fastens the sheet firmly, and, once fixed, it cannot give way unless the wax breaks down. A section grooved on all sides has also been brought out expressly for using with full sheets of foundation. In this the section, after folding, is placed—top bar pointed upwards, as in Fig. 20—in a block which holds it perfectly square; the sheet of foundation, cut to the exact size, is then slipped down the groove till it rests on the bottom, when the top bar is folded down on to it. Finally, we have the old, and with many still preferred, method of fixing foundation by means of wax made very hot in the well- known smelter (Fig. 21) designed by Mr. Abbott several years ago. No apiary is complete without one of these use- ful little imple- ments, and ano- ther known as the ' Carlin Cut- ter'(Fig. 22), for cutting up sheets of foundation. After fitting up recently a lot of the grooved sec- tions last men- tioned, we have just ' tacked ' the foundation on its top side with melted wax from our smelter, to prevent any risk of a breakdown. Whenever uncertainty. Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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