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vent twisting. Lay a sheet of foundation on the 

 board b, and a wired frame over it, resting upon the 

 lower board a. One edge of the sheet should be close 

 against the top bar of the frame. The wires can now 

 be embedded by the use of the spur wire embedder 

 (shown in Fig. 40), which is provided with teeth set 

 something like the teeth of a saw, so as to straddle 

 the wire while in the process of embedding it. The 

 comb-foundation should of course, be warm enough 

 to be pliable, otherwise the wire will not embed itself. 



Fig. 40. SPUR WIRE EMBEDDER IN USE. 



AXIOM. 



'* THE ESSENCE OF ALL PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING IS 



CONTAINED IN OETTL's GOLDEN RULE KEEP YOUR STOCKS 



STRONG. IF YOU CANNOT SUCCEED IN DOING THIS, THE 

 MORE MONEY YOU INVEST IN BEES THE HEAVIER WILL BE 

 YOUR LOSSES ; WHILE IF YOUR STOCKS ARE STRONG, YOU 

 WILL SHOW THAT YOU ARE A BEE-MASTER AS WELL AS A 

 BEE-KEEPER, AND MAY SAFELY CALCULATE ON A GENEROUS 

 RETURN FROM YOUR INDUSTRIOUS SUBJECTS." 



Langstroth . 



