. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 128 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 30, 1893. NOTES FliOM THE WORKSHOP. Fixing Foundation in Frames—Wiring Frames. [1387.] Notwithstanding the many devices, ingenious and otherwise, that are on the market for fixing foundation, I prefer to use melted wax, whether for starters or larger pieces. A double vessel, glue-pot fashion (not a smelter), stands on a lamp by my side, the foundation is placed againt top bar, and a little wax is neatly painted along the joint with a small brush ; the job only tabes a few seconds, not minutes, and founda
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 128 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 30, 1893. NOTES FliOM THE WORKSHOP. Fixing Foundation in Frames—Wiring Frames. [1387.] Notwithstanding the many devices, ingenious and otherwise, that are on the market for fixing foundation, I prefer to use melted wax, whether for starters or larger pieces. A double vessel, glue-pot fashion (not a smelter), stands on a lamp by my side, the foundation is placed againt top bar, and a little wax is neatly painted along the joint with a small brush ; the job only tabes a few seconds, not minutes, and foundation is fixed as strongly as it is possible to fix it. A querist (711, p. 49) finds the one-eighth- inch bottom bar not stiff enough for wiring frames, but it is quite strong enough for the following method, which was shown to me in 1890 by Mr. W. B. Webster. Taking a standard frame, three-quarter wire nails are driven in the side bars from the outside at points 1, 2, 3, and 4; the pointed ends are then bent with a small pair of pliers to form hooks; then take about seven feet six inches of tinned iron wire (No. 32 gauge), attach the end to hook 1, and pass it fairly tight to hooks 2 and 3, then under the first length at 5, drawing the wire into the position shown, the same operation repeated from 6, 7, 8, 9, and fasten the end at 10. This forms a strong con- struction, and, as the strain is all on the diagonals, there is no bending of the sides; moreover, as the wire is very fine, the queen does not object to lay in all the cells.— W. H. Augur, Staines. [We have not had a block prepared 1o our correspondent's sketch, because the one below. which is a well-known American plan, saves half the wire, entails just one-half the labour— numbering five points, instead of ten—and is quite as effective.—Eds.] QUEENS FERTILISED IN FULL COLONIES WITH LAYING QUEEN. [1388.] Your correspondent "R. ; (1374, p. 107), asks me a question which I beg to reply to as follows:
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