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THE bee-kebpbr's guide; 



the frame has not the projection, the comb can be pressed 

 directly on the top-bar and then bent at right angles, as with 

 the Parker foundation fastener. To make this more secure 

 a narrow strip may be tacked to the top-bar, pressing the 

 foundation. Our English friends use a double top-bar which 

 is dovetailed to the uprights of the frame. Thus, in putting 

 together the frame the foundation is pressed between the two 



Fig. 176. 



From A. I. Root Co. 



halves of the top-bar, and so firmly held in place. Sometimes 

 a groove is cut into the top-bar, which may receive the edge of 

 the foundation, which is held by a wedge (Fig. 176), which is 

 pressed in beside it. 



The above methods are successful, but probably will 

 receive valuable modifications at the hands of the ingenious 

 apiarists of our land. If we have frames with the V-shaped 

 top-bar (Fig. 96), we may easily break the foundation and 

 press it on, as shown in Fig. 177. 



WIRED FRAMES. 



But as foundation does sometimes fall or sag, so that 

 many cells are changed to drone-cells, or warp in awkward 

 shapes, especially if the hive is unshaded, or receives a full 

 colony of bees with all its frames full of foundation, and as 

 the wax is sometimes so brittle that it will not hold together, 



