. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 38. is pushed right to the bottom sagging can be prevented by punchmg a round hole in ?he centre \o. s (Fig. 36), by means of a punch used forcuttmg gun wads. Thf bees fin" this up when the comb is built. If aplam spht top-one .s being filled then the foundation is held in the right hand with the edge projectuig about ^in. above the top edge, while the second half is pressed home (ttg. 41)-. Another good method of fixing is bv means of the Howard block (f ig. 4-')- This consists of the outer block, as illustrated before, but it h


. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. 38. is pushed right to the bottom sagging can be prevented by punchmg a round hole in ?he centre \o. s (Fig. 36), by means of a punch used forcuttmg gun wads. Thf bees fin" this up when the comb is built. If aplam spht top-one .s being filled then the foundation is held in the right hand with the edge projectuig about ^in. above the top edge, while the second half is pressed home (ttg. 41)-. Another good method of fixing is bv means of the Howard block (f ig. 4-')- This consists of the outer block, as illustrated before, but it has a square block of wood half the depth of the section in thickness fixed an the centre so hat the section just fits over it, with the groove leve with the block top the top is hinged, and a round-head screw fixed underneath the top half ^ so that when closed it forces the second half of the split top into position. Ihe. 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 London


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