COMB FOrNDATION. 



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COMB HONEY. 



largely ; in fact, many thousands ol' them 

 have been sold. It does very nice work '■> 

 but where tlioiisands of starters are to be 

 put in, it becomes a little tiresome on the 

 hands, and besides is not as economical 

 of foundation as the Daisy or Koot founda- 

 tion-fastener. 



DAISY FOUNDATION-FASTEN EK. 



The priiicii)le of the 

 machine is this: A met- 

 al plate or tongue is 

 kei)t heated by means 

 of a lamp beneath. This 

 plate, by a slight pres- 

 sure of the hands while 

 holding the foundation, 

 is made to pass directly 

 under and come in con- 

 tact Avith the bottom 

 edge of the starter. 

 Instantly the edge of 

 the foundation melts, 

 the pressure of the 

 hands being released 

 allows the tongue or 

 plate to withdraw, and the starter is allowed 

 to drop on to the section, when it instantly 

 cools and is held firm. This inethod of 



ROOT FOUNDATION-FASTENER AND 

 SECTION-FOLDER. 



fastening foundation is used very largely. 

 Another method that seems to meet with 

 a great deal of favor is a modification of the 



principles just shown ; but in this case the 

 heated plate is mounted on the end of a wire 

 handle. The plate is heated over the lamp, 

 then applied against the bottom edge of the 

 foundation after it is folded and the starter 

 is put in place. This makes the work more 

 rapid, and, in the hands of the average 

 person, it gives better results, for the com- 

 plete outfit costs less than the others. 



For a further consideration of this subject 

 see Comb Honey, sub-head Foundation 

 FOR Sections. 



COH/LB KOXriSV. No other subject 

 (unless, i)erhaps, it be that of wintering) has 

 been so much discussed and so much im- 

 proved upon as the one now before us. Our 

 forefathers, with their old straw skeps and 

 box hives, thought they had done well when 

 they had secured the paltry amount of ten or 

 twenty iwunds of box honey. With the mod- 



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erii appliances it is possible to secure, in a 

 fair season, an average of forty or sixty 

 pounds of section honey ; and occasional re- 

 ports have shown that from 300 to 400 pounds 

 have been obtained. 



By the masses, a good article of comb hon- 

 ey is more highly prized than an equally good 

 article of extracted honey (see Extracted 

 Honey). While the latter can be, and in 

 the hands of the expert i)ro(lucer is, equal in 

 body, color, and flavor to the best comb hon- 

 ey ; yet, as extracted ordinarily runs, comb 

 honey is a little superior in the qualities we 

 liave mentioned. 



Comb honey can not be counterfeited, and, 

 consequently, consumers are less suspicious 

 of it. For these and other reasons, nature's 

 sweet, in its original form, is in greater de- 

 mand, and hence commands a higher price. 

 To offset this, it also costs more to produce 

 it, and requires, likewise, more skill and 

 more complicated surplus arrangements to 



