. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 3IO Value of Foundation, equal to the desired width of the strips of comb foundation to be cut. For cutting smaller sheets for the sections the same device may be used. I saw Mr. Jones cut these as fast as a boy would cut circular wads for his shot-gun, by use of a sort of modified cake cutter (Fig. 123). USE OF FOUNDATION. Unless to force the bees into sections, when, as we have seen, it is better to hive swarms on empty frames, with mere starters, we better always use foundation in brood frames. It is astonishing to see
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 3IO Value of Foundation, equal to the desired width of the strips of comb foundation to be cut. For cutting smaller sheets for the sections the same device may be used. I saw Mr. Jones cut these as fast as a boy would cut circular wads for his shot-gun, by use of a sort of modified cake cutter (Fig. 123). USE OF FOUNDATION. Unless to force the bees into sections, when, as we have seen, it is better to hive swarms on empty frames, with mere starters, we better always use foundation in brood frames. It is astonishing to see how rapidly the bees will Fig. 133. Fig. extend the cells, and how readily the queen will stock them with eggs. T'he foundations should always be the right size for worker comb. Even for surplus comb honey the small cells are best. The honey evaporates more quickly, and so will be sooner caj^ped, and it looks better. For brood combs I prefer wired frames. The sheet of founda- tion should not quite fill the frame. The advantage of foundation is, first, to insure worker comb, and thus worker brood, and second, to furnish straight, nice combs. We have proved in our apiary repeatedly, that by use of foun- dation, and a little care in pruning out the drone comb, we could limit or even exclude drones from our hives, and we have but to examine the capacious and constantly crowded. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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