Archive image from page 185 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( 166 AUSTRALASIAN edge. Hold the board, A, in the left hand; lay the frame, c (inverted), against the projections B; the board itself will then be within the frame. Lay the sheet of comb, D, against the board and press into groove in frame. Now, by elevating one end of the frame (a
Archive image from page 185 of The illustrated Australasian bee manual. The illustrated Australasian bee manual and complete guide to modern bee culture in the southern hemisphere. With this is incorporated the 'New Zealand bee manual' greatly enlarged, revised and mostly rewritten CUbiodiversity1228471 Year: 1886 ( 166 AUSTRALASIAN edge. Hold the board, A, in the left hand; lay the frame, c (inverted), against the projections B; the board itself will then be within the frame. Lay the sheet of comb, D, against the board and press into groove in frame. Now, by elevating one end of the frame (as shown in the figure) and pouring a little melted wax in groove at upper corner, it will run down to E, and fasten the sheet securely. As soon as firmly set, support the sheet while reversing the frame, and do the same on the other side. When done, hang in an empty hive for safety. Use stoutest sheets in lower hive. For melting the wax required for fastening the sheets the most convenient appliance we can possibly have is a wax-smelter, made upon the principle shown in the following sketch :— Fig, 80—WAX-SKTEITER. It is double jacketted, the space between the two containing hot water, and the wax thus kept from cooling in the inner vessel. These smelters are generally made of tin, but are better (though of course more expensive) if made of copper. A lamp or slow fire can be used to rest the smelter upon and keep up the temperature during the intervals of using it. TO FASTEN FOUNDATION IN SECTIONS. The Parker comb lever is an indispensable appliance for fastening either starters or small sheets of foundation in section boxes. The lever is fastened at the sides to the block in such a way that it can be pushed forward or drawn back. A stop is nailed to the block, against which the edge of the top piece of the section box is placed ; the front edge of the lever is now pushed forward to the centre of the section top, the edge of the 'starter or sheet of foundation placed und
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