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COMU HONEY. 



;is sliown in Fig. 12. For cutting, a keen 

 butcher knife slmiild be used wliicli need not 

 be hot, if l\ei)t well lubricated with soapj^ 

 water. The knife should be held at an angle 

 as shown, and moved rapidly but slightly 

 back and forth, cutting only on the drawing 

 stroke. If the saw-cuts are carefully spaced 

 and the whole box put together in a square, 

 workmanlike manner, the sheets of founda- 

 tion can be quickly and accurately cut. 



Another disadvantage to the plan of fast- 

 ening full sheets of foundation on all four 

 sides is the tendency of such foundation to 

 buckle, due to variation in temperatnre,etc. 

 Mr. G. J. Yoder, of Meridan, Idaho, over- 

 comes this buckling by fastening -the full 

 sheet of foundation only at the top and two- 

 thirds of the way down each side. This 

 plan has been tried quite extensively and 

 found very successful. Mr. Yoder describ- 

 ed his method fully in the April 1st issue of 

 Gleanings in Bee Cnllure for the yeai' 1908, 

 and we herewith reproduce his directions as 

 well as illustrations, which make it clear. 



Cut alight board about three inches longer than 

 the width of four sections, and just the width of the 

 inside of the section. Now cut four square blocljs 

 of such a size that folded sections can slip over them 

 and a fraction Ich^s in thickness than half the width 



of tlie section. Nail the tirst block VA inches from 

 the end of tlie board, and place a section over it. Put 

 block No. 3 with section over it, next to No. 1, and 

 so on till all are naiU d on. Make at ka^t Ave or six 

 of thes^e forms with blocks on. Next make a troujah 

 the M idtli of the board of the form without the sec- 

 tion, and '.' inches deep, so the form will slip in easi- 

 ly to the depth of tlie blccks. I next melt some wax 

 for fastening- the foundation, using about one-tenth 

 part of clean rosin, and have r, ady a wax-tube or 

 teaspoon with the end bent in on both sides. 



If possible, get the foundation cut by the manu- 

 facturer, so that all sheets will make a given number 

 of uniform starters with as little waste as possible. 

 The last three seasons I have been unable to buy 

 starters cut just right, and so have had a loss of one- 

 seventh of the foundation for the crop of 20,000 sec- 

 tions. 



Put the sections on a form and spring the section- 

 holder over them. This makes them S(iuare anil 

 tight. Place tLe foundation in ckar to the topo: 

 the section. I prefer a )i space between the lower 

 end of the foundation and the bottom of the section, 

 as this is just about the amount needed to take up 

 any possible sagging, and to preveirt the buck ing 

 of the foundation. Now grasp the form in srn h a 

 waj'that the t( p pait of the section is lowest, aiid 

 iU'Ply the melted wax on the section at th edge of 

 the foundation, turning the form so as to run the 

 wax all around as far as wanted. If all four sides 

 are waxed, the weather warm, and the honey com- 

 ing in fast, there may be a bulge at the lowt r pait ( f 

 the section; so of late we prefer to cut the starter 

 full size, 'a inch short at the bottom, aird to wax the 



TIIK YUUKK PLAN OF FASTENING FULL, SHKETS AT THE TOP AND TWO-'JIIIRDS THE 



WAY D()WN THE SIDES. 



