. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. box, or section, having three V-shaped grooves cut equi-distant across its width and nearly through the wood. Each end is tongued, as in the cut (Fig. 15), so that when the section is folded, as in Fig.' 16, it holds quite firmly. The section illustrated is that known as the four bee-way one, as distinguished from those with openings through which the bees pass on their top and bottom sides only, and called two bee-way sections. Although possessing some trifling disadvan- tages, we consider the four bee-way section best for gener
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Fig. box, or section, having three V-shaped grooves cut equi-distant across its width and nearly through the wood. Each end is tongued, as in the cut (Fig. 15), so that when the section is folded, as in Fig.' 16, it holds quite firmly. The section illustrated is that known as the four bee-way one, as distinguished from those with openings through which the bees pass on their top and bottom sides only, and called two bee-way sections. Although possessing some trifling disadvan- tages, we consider the four bee-way section best for general use, as it tends greatly to the building and sealing of the comb close to the wood all round, thereby making it travel better, saving ' drip ' or leakage, and giving it a better appearance in the eyes of a purchaser. If the sections are very dry when being folded, turn a bundle of them edge up, and pour a thin stream of hot water down each row of V-shaped grooves to wet the flexible folding joint, and so prevent its breaking. Comb Foundation for Sections.—For guiding bees in building straight combs, very thin foundation, made from a superior quality of beeswax, is used. Too much importance, however, is given to the colour of the wax used in making super foundation. Light-coloured wax is, of course, desirable for this purpose, but there is no need for its being tohite, as some think. Personally, we prefer using pale yellow foundation for comb honey, mainly because bees themselves like it better, nor can we see the slightest difference in the colour of the finished comb whether the one kind or the other is used. The point is to have it made as thin as possible, and from pure bees- wax only. Several new methods of fixing foundation in sections have been devised since the using of full sheets has come into vogue. Formerly only a small triangular-shaped slip of foundation was used as a guide, but the grooved section, and that with a divided top bar, introduced a year or two ago
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