. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 193 this built out in cool weather, when filled with honey and sealed over, sagged so as to tear the cells apart aud set the honey to running, with the mercury at 95° in the shade, while not a natural comb stirred a particle. In the second place it requires twice the fussing and looking after, to get it built out into half-way decent combs, that it takes to get natural comb built; and thirdly, it costs more than natural comb, where you have to pay more than CO cents per lb. But, says another, Mr.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 193 this built out in cool weather, when filled with honey and sealed over, sagged so as to tear the cells apart aud set the honey to running, with the mercury at 95° in the shade, while not a natural comb stirred a particle. In the second place it requires twice the fussing and looking after, to get it built out into half-way decent combs, that it takes to get natural comb built; and thirdly, it costs more than natural comb, where you have to pay more than CO cents per lb. But, says another, Mr. Nellis told you at the North- Eastern Bee-keepers' Convention, last February, that he was head-quarters for foundation, and that which he made did not sag so as to injure it in the least. Admit- ted ; but if such was the case, why is Mr. Nellis now crying 'Eureka !' in regard to foundation with wire in- corporated in it 'i If it did not sag before, why does he put wire in it now to keep it from sagging, thereby enhancing the price nearly one-half 'i And then, friend Betsinger tells us in the November number of the American Bee Journal that the bees don't rear brood over those wires. I tell you, comb foundation is not yet proven a perfect success, nor will it until it can be used without looking after in any spot or place, and in any weather, wherein a natural comb can, and that at a cost not to exceed 50c. per lb. Don't understand me as discouraging experiments with it, for I do not, but shall keep experimenting, for I am as anxious to make it a success as any person in the land. Mi-. Langstroth wrote me in a private letter that he thought he could devise a way to make its use a success, so I will willingly make my bow, and leave the field for a more able pen than mine. Borodino, N. Y., Bee. 5th, 1878. —I have said nothing of its use for comb honey, as I have discarded it from the boxes altogether, for the reason that when honey is plenty and the bees are secreting wax,
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