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PRODUCTION OF COMB HONEY 



plate about four inches wide and supported with a handle is prob- 

 ably as satisfactory and as rapid as any plan ever described. The 

 metal is kept hot by an oil lamp and the edges of the foundation 

 starters are touched with the hot metal as they are put in place 

 in the sections. Fig. 74 shows a new plan for utilizing such a 

 plate. This is known as the Pangburn fastener. ( See also Fig. 

 75). A form is provided which makes it possible to place four 

 sections in the holder and set them on the form. The four sec- 

 tions are filled at one time, thus making quite a saving in time. 

 If small starters are used a hot putty knife will serve very 



Fig. 76. — The use cf super springs. 



well. Although there are many devices offered by supply dealers 

 nearly all operate on the same general principle. Which is best 

 is to a large extent a matter of personal preference. 



Super Springs. — When the sections are filled with starters 

 and placed in the holders, and all are placed in the supers with 

 separators between each row, there remains to fasten all together 

 so tight as to make little daubing of sections necessary. For this 

 purpose a follower board is used on one side of the super. For- 

 merly this was fastened by means of a wedge which held all as 

 tight as though made in one piece. However, when the sections 

 are full of honey and the super is removed from the hive, it is 

 not an easy matter to get them out without breakage. Super 



