. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1875.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 5 handy and useful for the purpose. It is as pliable and tough as wire, it averages about l-16th inch in thickness, and is usually trian- gular, and being waste, is of no value, but when drawn through melted wax, and tacked on to frame-bars, it forms a waxen guide which it will be difficult to improve upon, unless wax- sheet or guide-combs be used. It is usually obtained in lengths of about 12 feet, and being tough, as before mentioned, it is easy to manipulate and apply, since, unlike wooden strips o
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1875.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 5 handy and useful for the purpose. It is as pliable and tough as wire, it averages about l-16th inch in thickness, and is usually trian- gular, and being waste, is of no value, but when drawn through melted wax, and tacked on to frame-bars, it forms a waxen guide which it will be difficult to improve upon, unless wax- sheet or guide-combs be used. It is usually obtained in lengths of about 12 feet, and being tough, as before mentioned, it is easy to manipulate and apply, since, unlike wooden strips of any other kind, it will not be liable to split or break. Those who would like to try it may obtain a supply from George Cannon, of The Castle, Hanwell, who for a few pence will forward a coil per post, free. This ' Castle,' by the way, is an ancient building in the High Street, it is composed principally of tiles (edgewise for the walls), it has never been ' restored ' in the usual sense, but has a wing in the form of a wooden lean-to over its front door, in which are exhibited cakes, sweets, and fruit for sale. It consists of one room, and is consequently only one story high, and is happily without dungeons. Its occupier makes and mends cane-seated chairs, and will doubtless be glad to receive a few pence for the waste in his trade. IMPRESSING WAX-SHEETS. We have been very much inquired of as to the simplest mode of using the plates for im- pressing wax-sheets ; and here again we are at war with expensive apparatus. Take two pieces of fiat oak or yellow deal about 11 inches thick and rather larger than the plates, lay a plate on the centre of one of them, and with a firm bradawl, twist (drill) out holes in the bottom of half-a-dozen of the corrugations on its outside edges, and drive in some fine pins to make the plate a fixture. The second plate should now be laid upon the first (to match), and the second piece of wood upon it; the whole should then be inverted, and the pla
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