THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



low for if it were in regular use there 

 would be twenty eight sections instead of 

 SIX in which to distribute the incoming 

 nectar, and it might well be that 

 this greatly increased surface would 

 enable the bees to cure the honey as 

 rapidly as necessary. This is a point 

 that touches the use of drawn comb in 

 sections; which, on account of this draw- 

 back, probably, has sometimes been con- 

 demned. Naturally, more nectar is gath- 

 ered when the comb is ready for its re- 

 ception; and it occurs to me that the num- 



were taken; and in case of the Root thin, 

 of which but three were taken. Allow- 

 ance ought to be made these on this ac- 

 count, for, in making up the table given 

 herewith, showing the results, I have made 

 use of the three lowest measurements in 

 each case, as showing best the thinness to 

 which the bees work each. The reason 

 is here: As the bases approach the points 

 where the side walls are attached, they 

 naturally become much thicker, and, evi- 

 dently, measurements in many cases were 

 taken at or near this point. The num- 



TABLE SHOWING THE THICI^NESS, IN THOUSANDTHS OF INCHES, OF 

 THE SEPTUM IN COMB BUILT ON DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS. 



^' 2 



Three lowest \ 



measarements. (J 



Average thickness. 5 67 .i 6.5 4.67 9.67 6.33 5.33 



4.33 4.67 9.16 7.83 7 5.67 5 6.67 



bsr of sactions given a colon\^ under such 

 circumstances should be increased accord- 

 ingly. As to the other sorts of founda- 

 tion, the two Root samples were worked 

 at about equal pace with the Given — the 

 kind called " thin " perhaps a little more 

 rapidly. The Lansing " thin " was be- 

 hind the Given in that respect; and the 

 Bingham and the Lansing extra thin were 

 behind in a more marked degree. To de- 

 termine the thinness to which the bees 

 worked these foundations, pieces of the 

 comb made from them were cleaned and 

 sent to Dr. Beal of the Agricultural Col- 

 ledge for measurement. I also sent pieces 

 of comb from foundation used in my ex- 

 periments in 1896, and a piece of natural 

 comb. From five to twelve measure- 

 ments were taken from each piece, gener- 

 ally. Exceptions are found in the case 

 of the Lansing thin, of which but two 



ber of measurements, and the largest one 

 in each case, are as follows: 



