. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. Fig. 3IACHINE FOR CUTTING STARTERS FOR SEC- TION BOXES. tween the cleats of the other. To use the machine, place a sheet (or sheets) of fdn., say 12 by 18, on Fig. 1, and lay Fig. 2 over it. Bun the knife through all the spaces, and then turn the whole machine over. Now run it through as befor
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. Fig. 3IACHINE FOR CUTTING STARTERS FOR SEC- TION BOXES. tween the cleats of the other. To use the machine, place a sheet (or sheets) of fdn., say 12 by 18, on Fig. 1, and lay Fig. 2 over it. Bun the knife through all the spaces, and then turn the whole machine over. Now run it through as before, and your sheet is cut into oblong pieces, just such as we put in the 4i section boxes when we ship them in complete hives. We should, perhaps, use pieces somewhat larger, were it not that there would be greater danger of their breaking out with the rough handling they get when the hives are sent by freight. The pieces, as made with the above frames, are If by 31 inches.* If much work is to be done with these frames, they had better be cov- ered with tin, like the frames before men- tioned. FOUNDATION FOR C03IB HONEY. The only trouble with it for comb honey is that, under some circumstances occurring very rarely I believe, the bees will build on to the foundation, without thinning the center at all, as they usually do. I believe this is *At this date, May,'1883, the decision is strongly in favor of having- the thin foundation entirely till the sections, and for the Simplicity sections, they are cuto34x3i, made of foundation with the base about as thin as natural comb. If the foundation is prop- erly made, the honey will be in no respect different from that stored in 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 Root, Amos Ives, 1839-1923. [from old catalog]. Medina, Ohio
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