. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 194 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL June Perfect Wiring of Combs By W. L. Gray I take the smallest shoe-lace eyelets that can be obtained and place one in each hole of the end bars, driving it down with a hammer. First it is necessary to enlarge the holes some, which I do with brace and gimlet, holding five or six of the bars to- gether and boring through them all at one operation, which lessens the work. If tight wires—wires that will stay tight indefinitely—will prevent sag- ging combs, then this way is all that is necessary; besides, it makes a very neat job.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 194 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL June Perfect Wiring of Combs By W. L. Gray I take the smallest shoe-lace eyelets that can be obtained and place one in each hole of the end bars, driving it down with a hammer. First it is necessary to enlarge the holes some, which I do with brace and gimlet, holding five or six of the bars to- gether and boring through them all at one operation, which lessens the work. If tight wires—wires that will stay tight indefinitely—will prevent sag- ging combs, then this way is all that is necessary; besides, it makes a very neat job. You' will readily see that the wiring machine will do better work, also the wire will not bind nearly so much where it passes through the holes. The end bars can be sprung in and 'they stay in that po- sition. Might this not be the solution of this problem, if the manufacturers would devise a machine to insert the eyelets at the factory when the frames are made? I believe that ex- tensive beekeepers would be willing to pay a little more for a frame like this. I also think that a larger size wire than a No. 30 should be used, say one with twice the cross-sectional area. No. 27. This way, when using the wir- ing machine, faster work could be done, as it would not be necessary to be so careful about breaking wire. Wisconsin. (This method is similar to that de- scribed earlier by Deroy Taylor, of New York. There is no doubt that loose wires would be largely prevented by such eyelets and that, therefore, the sagging of foundation would be min- imized. So far no manufacturer has seen fit to place such frames with eye- lets in the side bars on the market.— Edi'tor.) Wiring Foundation By J. LI. Douglas I have tried all kinds of wiring and find only one way suitable to the bees, just four straight wires, and they must be tight and stay tight. As soon as I found they would not stay tight I began to look into the cause and found that the wires cut into the wood. I bought 12,000 sho
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