THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Mr. Bingham's supers are small; I think 

 that two are required to cover the top of 

 his hive, and that one super holds fifteen 

 sections. Some boys got hold of two of 

 the best-filled sections, and "gouged" 

 them so badly that they were valueless 

 for pictorial purposes, but I rescued the 

 other baker's dozen, and brought them 

 home, and had them photographed; first 

 taking one side from all but two of them. 

 From the photograph I had a half-tone 



more inclined to gnaw it down when no 

 honey was coming in, than they were 

 other kinds, but, as in many other things, 

 actual experiment under various condi- 

 tions is needed. The quality of the fin- 

 ished product is certainlv very fine; the 

 nearest approach to that of natural comb 

 of anything I have seen. 



In working out the ordinary, fiat-bot- 

 tom foundation, the bees do change over 

 the l)asf to the lozenge-shaped style. 



UNFINISHED COMES BVILT FROM NO-WAI.I, FOUNDATION. 



made which is shown herewith. I did 

 this to show how straight are the combs 

 that are built under circumstances where 

 curled combs would be expected. Mr. 

 Bingham says that this was not a selected 

 super, and to show that the sections were 

 not selected, he brought the super just as 

 taken from the hive, with the sections all 

 stuck together with pro])olis, so that it 

 was necessary tu i)ry them loose with a 

 knife in order to get theui out. 



I honestly believe that this tb.in, no- 

 wall foundation is worthy of a most 

 thorough trial. The fault of curling has 

 been urged against it, and some com- 

 plaints were made that the bees were 



There are no side-walls on in the way, 

 and it is possible for them to make this 

 change. With the deep-cell, or Weed, 

 style of foundation, the bottoms of the 

 cells are so securely braced by the three 

 deep walls that center upon eich cell-bot- 

 tom, tliat it is impossible for the bees to 

 " l)udge " the bottoms of the cells. Not 

 only this, but the side-walls are in the 

 bees' way, and prevent their getting at the 

 bottoms of the cells to make changes. 

 Ivven with the ordinarv, or lozenge-shap- 

 ed base, the l)ees make some changes in 

 working out the foundation. Mr. Bing- 

 ham had with him a piece of the 

 no-wall foundation ^vhich had been 



