148 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



Two knives are needed, one to be heating while the 

 other is cutting. For heating I use a common kerosene 

 lani]) put in a box deep enough so that when a board is 

 laid over the top of it and a knife is laid on that board 

 the end of the knife-blade shall be directly over the lamp, 

 nearly or quite touching the top of the chimney. I don't 

 know what kind of a knife is best. A Barlow knife makes 



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Fig. 46 — Siveet Clover. 



good work, but I think I like better a common tea-knife 

 with a thin steel blade broken ofif, so it is 2^ or 3 inches 

 long, and somewhat square at the point. 



Preparatory to cutting, the foundation must be care- 

 fully and evenly placed on the board. Take seven sheets 

 and even them up true and nice, and lay the pile with 

 one end tight against the end-stop and one side against 

 the side-stops. Xow lay a similar pile close beside it. 



