. 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. COMB FOUNDATION". 00 COMB FOUNDATION. gers, then held between two pieces of wood, and drawn out as fast as the rolls are turned. Two hands, after a little practice, will roll it, with a 10-inch machine, about as fast as it can be dipped! The sheets roll with less trouble from sticking, if all
. 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. COMB FOUNDATION". 00 COMB FOUNDATION. gers, then held between two pieces of wood, and drawn out as fast as the rolls are turned. Two hands, after a little practice, will roll it, with a 10-inch machine, about as fast as it can be dipped! The sheets roll with less trouble from sticking, if allowed to stand a couple of days after being dipped, as the wax hardens slightly by being exposed to the air. This explains why bleached wax is harder than the common yellow. On this account, the bees work the bleached wax so much slower, that I would not advise its use, even for box honey. TRIMMING, SQUARING, AND CUTTING THE SHEETS. As the sheets are taken from the rolls, lay them squarely upon each other until you have a pile 2 or 3 inches high. Now lay on them a board cut the exact size you wish the fdn. to be, and with a sharp, thin-bladed, butcher or other knife, cut through the whole, all around the board. To prevent the knife from sticking, clip it occasionally in the starch, such as is used in rolling the sheets. To have the knife work nicely, you should have a coarse whetstone near by, with which to keep the edge keen. As the board is liable to shrink, warp, and get the edges whittled off, where a great number of sheets of a particular size is wanted, we have frames, made sharp on their edges and lined with tin. The tin is folded, and put on so that the edge of the knife does not strike it, if the blade is held in the proper position. To cut sheets 12 by 18, Ave have a frame made as follows:. FRAMES FOR CUTTING SHEETS FOR BROOD- FRAMES. The diagonal piece in figure 1 serves as a brace to keep it true and square, and also for a handle to lift it by. The frame is placed ov
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