. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 14, 1894. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 791. CONDUCTED BY DR. C. O. XIIT^I^ER. Marenga, 111. (Tlie Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Trouble witti Wood Splints in Foundation. I tried a few frames with wood splints to prevent sag'- ging- of foundation. In some of tiie frames, especially some shallow extracting-frames, the foundation bulged out be- tween the splints. It did this before being put on the hive. It did not seem
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 14, 1894. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 791. CONDUCTED BY DR. C. O. XIIT^I^ER. Marenga, 111. (Tlie Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Trouble witti Wood Splints in Foundation. I tried a few frames with wood splints to prevent sag'- ging- of foundation. In some of tiie frames, especially some shallow extracting-frames, the foundation bulged out be- tween the splints. It did this before being put on the hive. It did not seem to sag, but to swell out as a piece of wood would do when wet. I had the foundation cold when put- ting it in the frames in order to handle it more easily, and warm weather may have caused it to expand. Can you tell me how to prevent this trouble ? I like the plan with this exception. North Carolin.\. Answer.— Your questioti beats me. I hardly think that foundation expands sufficiently to be noticed when it is heated. It may, of course, stretch, but in that case it doesn't shrink back again when it gets cold. Yoti say the expand- ing was greater in the shallow frames, and one would have expected the opposite. Possibly some one else can help out. Red Cedar for Hive-Making. Would you advise using Washington red cedar as a material for hive-making ? Without considering the cost, do yoti think it would in any way prevent moths ? Of ^ inches. Answers.^1. Most decidedly. I think it a good thing in the cellar to have a two-inch space under the bottom- bars. Perhaps it would not be so good out-doors. If the bees wouldn't build down into it, I'd be glad to leave the two-inch space summer as well as winter. But they will build into that space, so I have practiced reversing the bottom-boards for summer. The latest plan, however. is to leave the bottom-board the year round with the deep side uppermost, and in summer put in a sort of false bottom to fill up the space. After
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