. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. COMB HOXEY. 447 bottom starters as per Fig. 198 give the best results, tlie bot- toui starter being five-eigbths of an inch wide, with a space of only a quarter ineb between the two. This allows of the slight stretching usual in comb foundation. 737. It is held by some Apiarists that the fence with plain sections, flg. 193, secures better filled combs than the ordinary section with insets and sejiarators, flg. 1S8. But when the bees are supplied with foundation in full or nearly full sheets, the advantage seems to be on the side of the separator.
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. COMB HOXEY. 447 bottom starters as per Fig. 198 give the best results, tlie bot- toui starter being five-eigbths of an inch wide, with a space of only a quarter ineb between the two. This allows of the slight stretching usual in comb foundation. 737. It is held by some Apiarists that the fence with plain sections, flg. 193, secures better filled combs than the ordinary section with insets and sejiarators, flg. 1S8. But when the bees are supplied with foundation in full or nearly full sheets, the advantage seems to be on the side of the separator. The. Fig. 199. WIDK FRAME^ H4LF (Forty Years Among the Bees,) fullest sections that the writer has seen were secured by split- ting the sections exactly through the center and placing the sheet of foundation so that it was caught between the two halves of the section and fastened all around. This is the iiiuglish method. Miss Emma Wilson, Doctor Miller's able .sister-in-law, who has for many years managed a large number of colonies for comb honey says:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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