. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 394 C031B FOUNDATION. until they are saturated with wax and while hot they are pressed upon the surface of the sheet of foundation so that they may be perpendicular when the frame is hung in the hive. These splints about 1-16 of an inch square do not. Fig. 151. VANDEEVOKT IMBEDDING SPUE. seem to be at all in the way when the combs are built upon them and they make an absolutely solid support for the foun- dation. 695. As comb-foundation is generally bought in long strips, it may be well to give directions to cut it into pieces of the right size for
. Langstroth on the hive and honey-bee. Bees. 394 C031B FOUNDATION. until they are saturated with wax and while hot they are pressed upon the surface of the sheet of foundation so that they may be perpendicular when the frame is hung in the hive. These splints about 1-16 of an inch square do not. Fig. 151. VANDEEVOKT IMBEDDING SPUE. seem to be at all in the way when the combs are built upon them and they make an absolutely solid support for the foun- dation. 695. As comb-foundation is generally bought in long strips, it may be well to give directions to cut it into pieces of the right size for sections. This may be done with almost any sharp knife. Have a pattern of the size of the pieces wanted, made of hard wood. Take six or eight sheets at one time, arranged in an even pile. Lay your pattern on them, holding it down firmly; dip your knife in strong soap- suds, and if the wax is at the proper temperature, you will cut the eight pieces at one stroke of the knife. If the sheets have a tendency to slip from under the pattern, you may nail cleats on three sides of it, to encase the pile as in a box. 696. Are there a right and a wrong way, to suspend foundation in the frames? Or, in other wdirds, should two of the six sides of the cell bo perperdicular or horizontal? Huber, and Cheshire after him, call our attention to the fact, that the Isees always build their combs, with two sides. 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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