. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. I'.VinCEI! JIAIIIINK Fill; KASTKN1N(; STAliT- ERS IN OKAYS MArllINK FOR FAsrEXIN(; STAKT- ERS IX .SECTIONS. To nse this macliine. fasten it to a bench or table, so tiie treadle just clears the lloor. I5( fore pnttin:4 in yoursei'tions with founda- tion, moisten the lower edg;- of the block v. wliere it tonches the foundalion, with a l)rMsli accompanying. I'lace llie foundation so the block will Just catch the edge of the wax, then push toward the table with your foot, until the wax is r
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. I'.VinCEI! JIAIIIINK Fill; KASTKN1N(; STAliT- ERS IN OKAYS MArllINK FOR FAsrEXIN(; STAKT- ERS IX .SECTIONS. To nse this macliine. fasten it to a bench or table, so tiie treadle just clears the lloor. I5( fore pnttin:4 in yoursei'tions with founda- tion, moisten the lower edg;- of the block v. wliere it tonches the foundalion, with a l)rMsli accompanying. I'lace llie foundation so the block will Just catch the edge of the wax, then push toward the table with your foot, until the wax is rnljbed into the wood, and file section slides nearly from under the machine. The foundation should be warm enough to l)e (luite soft. If it is cool, place it in the sun, near the stove, or near a heat- ed llat-iron, until it gets well softened. As you lift out your sections, place them in your wide frames or crates. I!y ale- soiiie divubing, and. above all. because tlie public will pay a much liigher price for iioii- ey in that shape. For the same reason, I would have the sections small. I would also have them made to fit inside of your regular hive-frame, or rather in a wide frame, made of exactly the same dimensions. This sim- plifies the work greatly, because we can then hang a frame of sections in any hive, and in either the upper or lower story, as we may have occasion. This is a great conve- nience, for it enables ns to get nice comb honey from any colony, however weak, by simply hanging a frame of these sections, on one or both sides of the brood-combs. If the bees have been kept in a small space, so that every comb is occupied with brood and pollen at the approach of the honey season, they will start in the sections almost at once, if they are given them just as soon as they begin to be crowded for room. Give them a single frame at first, and when Ihey are well at work in this, give them another. Do not j put on an upper story until they are ready to go into it in large
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