. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. COMB FOUNDATIOX. ?)I5 COMB FOUNDATION more apt to occiu- when a good yield ot lion- 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 I'dn. exceedingly thin, and the small o-inch machines seem best for this jmrpose. We have made machines for making tlie 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-apa
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. COMB FOUNDATIOX. ?)I5 COMB FOUNDATION more apt to occiu- when a good yield ot lion- 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 I'dn. exceedingly thin, and the small o-inch machines seem best for this jmrpose. We have made machines for making tlie 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. 4* 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 naluial comb: and to get this, we screw the rolls down close and roll only narrow strips, say 31 inches wide, for the 1-lb. sections. Wide sheets can not be rolled ve>u iliin. Foundation with flat - bottomt d cells is used by the bees, but I can not think with the same facility as that having the natural shape. C.\RLTN S FOUNDATlON-tUTTER. Tills implement was invented by C. R. Carlin, of .shreveport. La., and is intended to take the place of a knife. It is cheaply made, wiDi 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. S.\GOTNG OF THE At the time of this writing (Nov., 1882), many devices are being tried to prevent the sagging of the fdn., and consefjuently slight elongation of the cells, in the upper part of the comb. AVitli tlie frames, this is so slight that it occasions no serious trouble with the greater iiart of the wax of com- merce; but with deei)er frames, or Willi some specime
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