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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



crease tihere. His sections were filled 

 entirely right up to the edge, and that 

 was evidently due to his filling them 

 full and simply pressing the founda- 

 tion between the sections. 



Mr. France — On behalf of this sub- 

 ject that is up for discussion this after- 

 noon, I want to say that it is worth 

 coming 1,400 miles to hear it. If you 

 do not learn anything about bee dis- 

 eases, this subject of comb founda- 

 tion has paid you for your trip. 



Mr. iH.uffman — In regard to the 

 split section, you all remember, prob- 

 ably, Mr. Hand last year, at Detroit, 

 used the split section, but, instead of 

 splitting the section all the way 

 around, he leaves the top unsplit, puts 

 the section together and drops the 

 foundation between, and has the full 

 sheet in the four sections. I sent, 

 and got 2,000 of them, and 1 sent some 

 over to my neighbor, and he tried 

 them and said he wouldn't have any 

 other. It is much easier to put in, and 

 can't sag, and it is full all the way 

 around, and I believe it is going to 

 be the w^ay to put in foundation. He 

 puts in the s^heet the full length of 

 the four sections. 



Mr. Griffin — 'The two sides? 



Mr. Huffman — The sliding sections 

 come together. I have found, with the 

 foundation I bought, that the width 

 ■was not quite enough, and the length 

 a little too much, and I ami going to 

 propose to certain parties to make it 

 the right length next year. 



Mr. Kretchmer — In my practice, I 

 (have used both the half section split 

 lengthwise, and, also, merely cut on 

 three sides. We now use, m our own 

 practice, sections split entirely; for 

 two reasons: You can split the sec- 

 tions at less expense than three-quar- 

 ters of the way; secondly, you can 

 drop the four half sections on to a 

 frame, lay a sheet of foundation on 

 top of it in about half the time you 

 can drop it into the half of a split 

 section. 



Mr. Hall — I believe that is right. I 

 believe I explained that, at the 

 World's Fair meeting at St. Louis. I 

 tried ripping them with my rip-saw 

 three-quarters of the way through, 

 that is before I got on to my present 

 method that you; will see in the ma- 

 chine in the back room. I tried rip- 

 ping it clean through, but I couldn't 

 keep it straight enough, couldnt keep 

 up those half pieces and get them 



down perfectly with part of the sec- 

 tion below it, so that when the thing 

 was filled it would be smooth all the 

 way around and perfectly in line. I 

 tried it time and time again. After a 

 while I got on to the process which I 

 have now. 



Mr. Huffman — I did not use very 

 many thait I got, but I tried enough to 

 satisfy myself that I was satisfied 

 with the way whether others are or 

 not. Wben it comes to putting in 

 foundation into the . split sections I 

 find no trouble. You can buy them at 

 the factory at an additional cost of 50 

 cents a thousand, and you can't rip 

 them for that, and they cannot help 

 but , hold together, because that 

 foundation is stronger than if just 

 put on the inner side of the section. 

 I don't think the wax will give any 

 additional bad look to the section on 

 the outside. 



Mr. Espy — I would like to ask one 

 question on the split section. When 

 they put four sections together, and 

 put that foundation down in the split, 

 and put them in the super that way, 

 and they are built with honey in them 

 when you come to take out your sec-, 

 tions how do you divide those sec- 

 tions without breaking them? 



Mr. Kretchmer — You take them out 

 of the section holder and take a knife, 

 and they split very readily. 



Mr. Hall — The foundation will stretch 

 sufficiently to allow a knife to be put 

 between so that it will not hurt the 

 comb a particle. 



Mr. Huffman — Mr. Hand uses a thin, 

 case knife, perfectly sharp, and has 

 no trouble whatever. 



Mr. Snyder— I have not had any ex- 

 perience personally with that kind of 

 section, but a neighbor of mine used 

 a good many of them last season. I 

 asked him what he thought of them, 

 and he said, asi I understand, he would 

 not use any more of them. I didn't 

 get just his reasons, but I think I 

 would go a little slowly on them. I 

 think he discouraged the practice. 



Dr. Jones — I -would like to enquire 

 as to whether there have been any 

 complaints from the consumer in re- 

 gard to too much foundation where 

 that coat comes to suit them, or 

 whether the old style of putting in a 

 three-cornered starter in the section 

 and letting the bees build the comb is 

 better, and if it pleases the consum- 

 ers better? Some of these big honey 



