. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. 1.—Giving aside view of comb foundation, 15 sq. ft. to the pound, and above the same after the comb has been completed and capped by the bees. The honey has been extracted and washed away from the comb, which, after a thorough drj^ing, has been filled with plaster of Paris and a section cut down. as those having upward ventilation. ports of two years ago. This agrees with the re- COMB FODNDATION. Under this heading the experimenter gives some interest- ing results; and, so far as I know, he proceeds upon methods new and original. I can do no bett
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. 1.—Giving aside view of comb foundation, 15 sq. ft. to the pound, and above the same after the comb has been completed and capped by the bees. The honey has been extracted and washed away from the comb, which, after a thorough drj^ing, has been filled with plaster of Paris and a section cut down. as those having upward ventilation. ports of two years ago. This agrees with the re- COMB FODNDATION. Under this heading the experimenter gives some interest- ing results; and, so far as I know, he proceeds upon methods new and original. I can do no better than to quote nearly all he has to say on this subject : The use of comb foundation has become general; in fact, few, if any, keeping bees in the movable-frame hive, attempt to do without it. At present, comb honey, owing to the quality of the comb foundation, is not generally of a kind satisfactory to the consumer. Although it is desirable to get a foundation which, when utilized and added to by the bees, gives a comb as thin as the natural one, many claim that comb a trifle heavier is not noticed by consumers. When, however, the base and bottoms of side walls are materially thickened, and the comb has an artificial appearance, and the wax does Fio. 3.—Giving a side view ot comb foundation,flat-bottomed, 13 sq. ft. to the pound. This shows a continuous piece ot foundation. One half of the foundation was covered over, the other half exposed and worked out by the bees. comb was put on ice to harden it for the purpose of more ac- curate measurement; and three measurements were taken in this case. Again, to see just how the bees utilized the comb founda- tion, three tanks of melted wax were prepared. Oije was col- ored with a preparation of alkanet, another with a prepara- tion ot carbon, and the third was pure beeswax, uncolored. The various stages in the manufacture of comb foundation were carried out, giving comb foundation from each tank 10, 12, and 15 feet square to th
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