. A manual of bee-keeping. Bee culture; Bees. GUIDE COMBS, AND COMB FOUNDATION. 109 applicable for supers, and their use is yet only an expe- riment. The first process, in manufacturing the foundation, is performed by dipping a sheet of galvanized iron in a tall vessel of melted wax, which must neither be too hot nor too cold, and the dipping-plate, which for convenience has a wooden handle, must be kept cold by immersing it in iced water before each sheet is dipped. It is dipped two or three times, until the wax coating is judged to be of the requisite thickness, when the adher- ing wax is st
. A manual of bee-keeping. Bee culture; Bees. GUIDE COMBS, AND COMB FOUNDATION. 109 applicable for supers, and their use is yet only an expe- riment. The first process, in manufacturing the foundation, is performed by dipping a sheet of galvanized iron in a tall vessel of melted wax, which must neither be too hot nor too cold, and the dipping-plate, which for convenience has a wooden handle, must be kept cold by immersing it in iced water before each sheet is dipped. It is dipped two or three times, until the wax coating is judged to be of the requisite thickness, when the adher- ing wax is stripped off from both sides. The sheets are now allowed to stand a couple of days to harden, when they are passed between the rollers of the requiring only a little trimming to be fit for use. The sheets run from 5 to 8 square feet to the lb., the thicker sheets being by the Bees most quickly made into. 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 Hunter, John, Hon. Secretary of the British Bee-keepers Association. London, D. Bogue
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