Gleanings in bee culture . ies without hiredhelp is just what we all need to know. ^?•?< FKIEND FOSTERS FDN. MACHINE. THE NEW FOUXDATION MOLDS. ^p\,EAIl EDITOR AND FRIENDS:—I hope thatWM your bees are all as comfortably packed this— very cold winter as ours are. We are nowsettled in our new home, and of cour e are perfect-ly happy. I have been Improving the winter months by per-fecting the method of making fdn. at one operation,and have succeeded beyond my most sanguine ex-pectations. By the way, friend Root, since the Farismachine was described in every particular, save theleather strap, a
Gleanings in bee culture . ies without hiredhelp is just what we all need to know. ^?•?< FKIEND FOSTERS FDN. MACHINE. THE NEW FOUXDATION MOLDS. ^p\,EAIl EDITOR AND FRIENDS:—I hope thatWM your bees are all as comfortably packed this— very cold winter as ours are. We are nowsettled in our new home, and of cour e are perfect-ly happy. I have been Improving the winter months by per-fecting the method of making fdn. at one operation,and have succeeded beyond my most sanguine ex-pectations. By the way, friend Root, since the Farismachine was described in every particular, save theleather strap, away back in 18T8 (Aug., page 255), andsince friend Harrisons machine was the same thingwith two covers to his book instead of one, didyou not greatly misrepresent the matter on page582, Dec, 1880? I originally Invented the machine in1878, and there gave it to the public; therefore, anypatent issued upon the machine itself Is null andvoid. Take and use it freely; but please lets nottry to cover it with patents. ^1. MAKING FOUNDATION WITHOCT EITHER DIPPING OBROLLING. In my last article I contemplated a machine formaking wired fdn. at one operation. I now thinkthat wired fdn. will soon be a thing of the past, asmy experience for the past three years, with the un-wired dipped fdn. in deep frames, has satisfied methat it can be used as thin as desired with no dangerof its sagging even in the hottest weather. The ma-chine as heretofore used has the following objec-tions, which I have fully overcome:— 1. It is so heavy, if made sufficiently strong, thatit is very tiresome to lift it from the wax to the wa-ter and back again. 2. We must wait until it stops dripping after dip-ping, which consumes time. 3. As both sides and all of the edges of one moldand its frame go under wax, it is obvious, that thewax is cooled and the water warmed twofold morethan they would be if the wax only touched where itis to stay, thus consuming more wood and ice. 4. It takes longer to cool the mold a
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