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is on the inside, and just as thick as the top-bar is wide from the groove out. 

 When the frame is placed over this board it will serve as a gauge to hold the 

 foundation in place in the groove while it is being attached. A small vessel 

 of melted beeswax should next be prepared and kept warm over a lamp. 

 Now lay a frame on the prepared board . and place the foundation in the 

 groove and lift all up carefully and hold in the left hand ; then dip out the 

 melted wax in a spoon, or a Van Deusen wax-tube is much better (see under 

 "Apiarian Implements") with the right hand, and pour a little into the groove 

 at the top, holding the frame so it will be on the decline, so that the melted 

 wax will run fast down the groove and thus attach the foundation at the 

 top-bars. As the frames are filled, set them in the supers and put the fol- 

 lowers in behind the last frames put in, and then wedge them close together. 

 N?il the tops together as previously described, and the hives for chunk 

 are completed. 



Hive No. 3, for extracted honey, is constructed the same as the bottom 

 stories or brood-apartments in hives No. i and No. 2, for comb and chunk 

 honey, except that the frames are filled differently. Set up the hives com- 

 plete as previously explained, but do not put the foundation in the frames. 

 It will be seen that the end-bars have four small holes drilled through them, 

 which are to receive the wire. Now fasten a frame down on a convenient 

 place on the bench so it can be easily and quickly fastened and unfastened. 

 Also about six or eight inches from one end of the frame fasten the spool 

 of wire by driving a large nail through the hole in the spool into the bench 

 enough to hold it while the wire is being removed. 



Now drive a small nail into the bench between the spool of wire and 

 end-bar about half way down, and bend it over so that, when the wire is 

 cut, the end can be brought under the nail and hold it, and keep it from 

 getting tangled. Drive a very small tack about half way up, near the top 

 and bottom holes in the end-bar nearest to the spool of wire; and when the 

 wire has been run through all the holes, beginning at the top, wrap it a few 

 times around the tack near the bottom hole, and drive the tack down; then 

 draw the wire until all the slack is out, and give it a few wraps around the 

 other nail, and drive the tack up ; then cut the wire near it, and bring the end 

 under the bent-down nail, and the frame is wired, which can be removed and 

 another wired in like manner. Then when all the frames have been thus 

 wired the foundation can be put in, which can best be done by nailing a 

 short plank down on the bench on the edge so that the top edge will take 

 two or three inches, being perpendicular, so that, when the frame lies on its 

 top-bar beside this plank the bottom-bar can rest over on it, then a beveled- 

 edge strip can be put under the bottom-bar, which will give it a solid foun- 

 dation and hold it in place. This inclined position of the frame will keep 

 the foundation in its groove and out of the way while the wedge is being 

 driven in beside it; and when this is done carefully, remove the frame and 

 lay it on a board cut just the same size as the inside of the frame, so that 

 it will go down over it with the strands of wire and the foundation next to 

 the board. Then carefully run the wire-imbedder (see under "^iarian Im- 



