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a little to one side of the center of the top-bar, so that the 

 foundation shall hang exactly in the center — so far that 

 its upper surface would be exactly level with the upper 

 surface of the rectangular projection. This block has shoul- 

 ders (Fig. 174, c), so that it will always reach just the proper 

 distance into the frame. It is also rabbeted at the edge where 

 the projection of the top-bar of the frame will rest (Fig. 174, b), 

 so that the projection has a solid support, and will not split oflf 

 with pressure. We now set the frame on this block, lay on 

 the foundation, cut the size we desire, which will be as long 

 as the frame, and nearly as wide. The foundation will rest 

 firmly on the projection and block, and touch the top-bar at 

 every point. We now take a board as thick as the projection 



Fig. 174. 



Fig. 175. 



is deep, and as wide (Fig. 175, d) as the frame is long, which 

 may be trimmed off, so as to have a convenient handle (Fig. 

 175, ,f), and by wetting the edge of this (Fig. 175, rf) either in 

 water, or better, starch-water, and pressing with it on the 

 foundation above the projection, the foundation will be made 

 to adhere firmly to the latter, when the frame may be raised 

 with- the block, taken off, and another fastened as before. I 

 have practiced this plan for years, and have had admirable 

 success. I have very rarely known the foundation to drop if 

 made of good wax, though it must be remembered that our 

 hives are shaded, and our frames small. If the top-bar of 



