FASTENING IT IN THE FRAMES. 395 



of the cells perpendicular. Mr. Cheshire explains, at length, 

 the adaptation and advantages of this natural fact, and its 

 bearing on the strength of the comb. From his explana- 



Fig. 152. 



THE MILLER SPLINTS TO FASTEN FOUNDATION. 



(Forty Years Among the Bees.3 



tions, it results that foundation suspended thus; >^ 

 i. e., with two perpendicular sides, would be properly I 1 

 fastened, while if suspended thus: /~\ i. e., with ^^ 

 two horizontal sides, it would be \ / improperly fas- 

 tened. 



Most of the machines that are made turn out foundation- 

 sheets, which are to be hung horizontally, when the cells 

 are in the proper position. But in the cutting of sec- 

 tion foundatiouj the sheets are often made so that they 

 must hang the other way. Yet there seems to be no 

 bad result ■when this is done and the bees accept the 

 foundation, no matter how the cells are turned. It is not 

 always best however to give comb foundation in full 

 sheets to natural swarms, for two reasons. The first is that 



