THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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The sections are grabbed between the second and third joints 

 with the left hand and are put in the press straight (as shown in 

 Fig. 1) and with the same movement are pushed to the bottom of 

 the press (as shown in Fig. 2). This folds three sides of the section 

 with the first movement. The first joint (top) is then bent into 

 place by the thumb of the same hand, and as the lever pressure is 

 applied with the right hand the top of the section is pushed toward 

 the dovetailed corner with the left hand, (as indicated by the arrow 

 in Fig. 3). 



The B o y u m 

 Foundation Fast- 

 ener, illustrated 

 (see Fig. 4) was 

 also invented by 

 the writer. The 

 main features of 

 this device are : It 

 takes four sections 

 at one time while in section-holders. (This feature saves time as it 

 obviates handling the sections separately.) It can be used equally 

 well with or without section-holders, as four sections can be handled 

 conveniently at one time without section holders. You can put in 

 corner-starters, the object of putting in corner-starters being to close 

 up the "pop-holes" common in the two lower corners of section 

 honey. Top and bottom starters can be put in at the same opera- 

 tion and without changing the position of the sections. It does 

 clean and accurate work and fastens the starters perfectly. The 

 starters are '"soldered" to the wood by means of a hot tool. It will 

 now be apparent why this fastener has no peer for speed. It is 

 because: four sections are handled in the time it takes to handle 

 one ; the starters are put into four sections at one time and attached 

 in rapid succession ; the movements are few and convenient with no 

 limit for speed. 



The fastener (Fig. G) is worked as follows: A section-holder 



Fig. 4 



