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 . EASTERDAY S FOUNDATION-FASTENER. consider it quicker and easier to use thanany other thing heretofore tried. You see,the points strike one at a time, therefore novery great pressure is needed ; and yet byrocking the implement the work is done veryrapidly. COMB FOUNDATIOX, 71 COMB FOUNDATION. This press has foun
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 . EASTERDAY S FOUNDATION-FASTENER. consider it quicker and easier to use thanany other thing heretofore tried. You see,the points strike one at a time, therefore novery great pressure is needed ; and yet byrocking the implement the work is done veryrapidly. COMB FOUNDATIOX, 71 COMB FOUNDATION. This press has found considerable favorwith a few. With a pair of dies just the sizeof the inside of the frame, plain sheets of. STAUTERS FOR SECTION BOXES. Many bee-keepers want the starter to fillthe section as nearly as possible, leaving aspace of only i or t inch at the sides andbottom. Even with so large a starter astills, the bees sometimes fail to fasten thecomb at tlie sides arul bottom. It is espe-cially desirable to have it fastened at thebottom, to prevent Ijreaking out in ship-ping ; but even if long enougli to touch thebottom, the bees do not always finish itdown. Perliaps a safer way is to fasten astarter at the bottom, I inch wide or deep ;then fasten at the top a starter 3i inchesdeep. This makes a sure thing of havingtlie comb fastened to the bottom-bar. Suchstarters properly fastened witli a Clark fas-tener have been safely hauled on tlie trot toan out-apiary. If cut 3i instead of 3i, theswing, and the consequent liability to fallout, would be- much greater. The ideais, to rub or press a thin edge of the wax intothe dry wood of the section. The motion ofthe machine spreads the wax do\, andma
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