. 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. 56 COMB FOUNDATION more apt to occur when a good yield of hon- ey comes during rather cool weather, the bees being unable to get the wax warm enough to work readily. The remedy for this will be in making the base of the cells of the fdn. exceedingly thin, and the small 5-inch mach
. 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. 56 COMB FOUNDATION more apt to occur when a good yield of hon- ey comes during rather cool weather, the bees being unable to get the wax warm enough to work readily. The remedy for this will be in making the base of the cells of the fdn. exceedingly thin, and the small 5-inch machines seem best for this purpose. "We have made machines for making the fdn. four, four and a half, and five cells to the inch. The latter is now agreed by all, I believe, to be best for the brood-apartment, the others being used for comb honey. As the queen is not much disposed to lay eggs in the fdn. 44 cells to the inch, it may serve an excellent purpose; but as the bees can work the fdn. with 4 cells to the inch (drone comb) faster than any other during a yield of honey, this size will perhaps be used. For box honey or sections, we want the base of the cell about as thin as natural comb ; and to get this, we screw the rolls down close and roll only narrow strips, say 3t inches wide, for the 1-lb. sections. Wide sheets can not be rolled vey thin. Foundation with flat - bottoim d cells is used by the bees, but I can net think with the same facility as that having the natural CARLIN S KOUN'DATION-C UTTER. This implement was invented by C. E. Carlin, of Shreveport, La.', and is intended to take the place of a knife. It is cheaply made, with a wheel of tin, but better ones have a steel wheel. After using it one sea- son, we find that the greater part of our hands prefer a knife. SAGGING OF THE FOUNDATION. At the time of this writing (Nov., 1882), many devices are being tried to prevent the sagging of the fdn., and consequently slight elongation of the cells, in the u
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