. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 388 COMB FOUNDATION. nature of beeswax, making it into a soapy substance, while it will leave paraffins and other mineral wax unchanged. 687. The machines used for thin foundation are not the same as those used for brood foundation. The latter, made on a light wall machine, would be too weak to stand the weight of the bees, in a full-sized brood frame, and would not con- tain wax enough for the bees to build their comb; for it is a remarkable fact that the bee^ "thin out" the foundation to a certain extent and make it considerably deeper
. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 388 COMB FOUNDATION. nature of beeswax, making it into a soapy substance, while it will leave paraffins and other mineral wax unchanged. 687. The machines used for thin foundation are not the same as those used for brood foundation. The latter, made on a light wall machine, would be too weak to stand the weight of the bees, in a full-sized brood frame, and would not con- tain wax enough for the bees to build their comb; for it is a remarkable fact that the bee^ "thin out" the foundation to a certain extent and make it considerably deeper out of. Fig. 145. THIN BASE FOUNDATION. CA B C of Bee-Culture.) the same material. When it has been made, with a thin base and a heavy wall, the bees draw it out more readily into comb. On the other hand, foundation for surplus (TSl) must be made as light as the finest machine can make it, to avoid what is called the "fish-bone," a central rib found in the honey-comb that has been built on too hea^'y" foundation. There is no "fish-bone," if the proper grade has been used, and even an expert in comb-honey hesitates in deciding whether the base is natural or 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 Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, Charles, 1817-1902; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. : Dadant
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