. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2S, 1905 THE AMERK4N BEE JOURNAL 379 so badly that I could not case them. About this time the fence separator made its appear- ance. Oq examination I found that a IjVs sec- tion and the fence just filled the l'«' slats. I find that a 1''., section filled when the fence is in will average 15 ounces right through. I put 15 sections in a 12-pound ease and sell it at $ That is as cheap as dirt. I would not do anything with the bees if I could labor, but I am crippled with rheuma- tism so badly that I can't get about to do other work. I think tha
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2S, 1905 THE AMERK4N BEE JOURNAL 379 so badly that I could not case them. About this time the fence separator made its appear- ance. Oq examination I found that a IjVs sec- tion and the fence just filled the l'«' slats. I find that a 1''., section filled when the fence is in will average 15 ounces right through. I put 15 sections in a 12-pound ease and sell it at $ That is as cheap as dirt. I would not do anything with the bees if I could labor, but I am crippled with rheuma- tism so badly that I can't get about to do other work. I think that Mr. Morgan is right. When I fill up what few empty hives I may have on hand, I let the rest eo if I can not double up. D. C. Wilson. Linn Co., Iowa, March 24. Fastening Foundation No doubt Mr. Doolittle can do all he says he can in making bee-fixtures in the winter, but he did not inform one how he works his wax. He no doubt has a shop which he can make comfortably warm and that is sufficient to take the brittleness out of the foundation. Then very likely he uses knife and wire-im- bedder, as hot as hot water can make them, to work it. We tried every way we could learn of to stick foundation, without much satisfaction, until we stumbled on using hot beeswax, and the way to do it. In our shop the ground is the floor, and we dig a pit in the center and build a fire in it sufficient to warm it, and the smoke goes out of the open places. We have no snow, and a small amount of freezing weather. We then have an oilstove to heat and wax. We use a discarded frying-pan to heat water in and set in this a miner's small coffee-cup filled with wax to be melted. Next we must have a stop to put on the frames, to stop the foundation in the center of the frames. We take a stick larger than the top-bar of a frame STaC?o^£S Pare. Brilliant, Fast Colors. Quickest. Safest Bures: dyes niaile. Same pacKatce tStur Dye Colors cutcon. wool, silk or (foods. All other dyt'3 require
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