GUIDE COMBS, AND COMB FOUNDATION, in 



within I inch of the end bars, and within J, as a general 

 rule, of the bottom bar. This space is needed to allow 

 the sheets to stretch as it is being worked out, which 

 it always does more or less. Some lots of wax will 

 stretch scarcely perceptibly, while others will to the 

 extent we have mentioned ; and as it is desirable to have 

 the sheet hang clear of the bottom bar when the cells 

 are drawn out full length, we think best to give the 

 amount of space below we have mentioned. 



"The reason is, that the combs will bulge if there is any 

 stretching after they have touched the bottom bar. To 

 put the sheets in rapidly, you will need a board cut so 

 as to just fit inside the frame, and reach up as far as the 

 comb guide. Lay the sheet on this, close up to the top 

 bar, and stroke it down to the comb guide, as we have 

 directed. If your frames are made without a comb 

 guide, you can fasten the sheet to the top bar in the 

 same way, and then give it a quarter turn, so that it will 

 hang straight down. As fast as the frames are filled 

 they should be hung in a hive, to be secure from 

 injury. If you do not make the above plan work to suit 

 you, you can fasten the sheets by tacking a strip of 

 wood about | by f into the top bar, while the upper 

 edge of the sheet is between them ; this strip should be 

 put on in such a way that the foundation hangs straight 

 down under the centre of the top bar.'' 



Another way, as given in ' Kings Text Book,' is to lay 

 the frames bottom upwards on a table, placing the wax 

 sheet on the top bar, so that its edge comes nearly 

 across it. Now take a screw-driver or piece of smooth 

 firm iron, and rub it down hard to the wood until it 

 adheres all along. One corner of the iron should go 

 clear down to the wood at the finishing stroke. On this 

 tack a small thin strip of wood into the top bar, so placed 



