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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May is 



sections outside measure. Next make four 

 blocks the size of the inside of the sections, 

 and in thickness half of the section less 

 half the thickness of foundation to be used. 

 Now place the blocks on the board square, 

 in such a way that the four sections slipped 

 over them take up all the space between the 

 blocks side by side, and yet let the blocks 

 slip readily out of them. Next take a board 

 a little longer, than the width of the four 

 sections, and wide enough to admit a two- 

 inch strip on each side — just wide enough 

 apart so that the board with the blocks on 

 will readily drop into it without the sections. 

 This, when nailed together, we will call 

 the trough. Have every thing work smooth, 

 but close. Now place your sections on the 

 board with the four blocks, which we will 

 call the tray. Place a section- holder over 

 the sections; bring the tray over the board, 

 with the side strips, or trough; drop the 

 tray into it, and out of the sections; take 

 hold of the section-holder, pressing slightly 

 inward, and you have the idea how they 

 are to go into the super after being filled 

 with foundation in the manner to be ex- 

 plained. Have every thing work well be- 

 fore you try it with foundation. Now to 

 proceed to business. 



We cut the foundation in a miter-box to 

 fill the section snugly, except % inch at the 

 bottom. Provide a dish in which to melt 

 clean wax and a little rosin, and mix well 

 while heating. Make a thin wooden pad- 



dle, 34 to one inch wide. Pick up the tray, 

 fill it with sections, and put in the founda- 

 tion cut to size. See that it is fitted to top 

 and sides of section, lying flat on the 

 blocks. Holding the tray in one hand with 

 one end toward you, tipping to such an an- 

 gle that, when the wax is dropped with the 

 paddle, it will strike the section where the 

 foundation joins, and quickly run down 

 along the edge toward the top of the sec- 

 tion. The moment it reaches the corner of 

 the section, tip the tray so it will pass on 

 one end or side until used up. 



A little practice will enable you to do the 

 work with two applications, one from each 

 side of the section. When all four sections 

 are thus treated, lay the tray angling on 

 the trough, as in the photo. Place the sec- 

 tion-holder over and around the sections; 

 give the tray a twist, and drop it out of the 

 sections into the trough. You now have the 

 section-holder with the four filled sections 

 which you can place in the super without 

 the least danger of kinking or doubling. 

 You can even fill the entire section, fasten- 

 ing the foundation on all sides, and have 

 the sections filled solid without a pophole, 

 according to circumstances in honey- flow, 

 and whether the full sheet settles, thus 

 placing a little too much wax at the lower 

 part of the comb. It is not even necessary 

 to fasten the sides more than half or two- 

 thirds down. I have hauled supers thus 

 filled for twenty miles without,damage. 



YODER & son's brick CANDIED HONEY. 



