THE HOME OF THE BEES 



dation are wired in, so that when the combs 

 are built out from them each comb is held 

 securely in place and no danger of the comb 

 breaking loose from the frame is possible in 

 handling or when extracting the honey. This 

 foundation must of necessity be pure beeswax 

 melted and moulded, as the bees will not accept 

 or work on any substitute that has been found, 

 so that, the foundation being pure beeswax like 

 the comb that is built on it, the honey is in no 

 sense adulterated. 



Many thousands of pounds of foundation 

 are used annually by beekeepers, and this 

 has given rise to the popular notion that it is 

 possible to make artificial combs, fill them with 

 glucose, cap them, and sell them as pure 

 honey. It might be said here that there never 

 yet has been produced a pound of artificial 

 comb honey, and so determined are the bee- 

 keepers to stop the lie that the National 

 Beekeepers' Association offers a standing re- 

 ward of $1000 for the first pound of artificial 

 comb honey that shall be produced. 



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