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below the stock—bees would immediately take possession of 
several supers such as have first been filled with newly built 
combs.* 
Again quoting from the said early publication, we find: 
“Neither strips nor full sheets of foundation in sections 
“ will induce the bees to work in them while so much room 
“is allowed below, and when one has once made up his 
“mind to start with nothing but comb, he will find it can 
“ 
be done, and moreover, an immensely increased yield 
“will be secured thereby. The difference between using 
“ foundation and ready-built combs in supers will represent 
“at least 30 lbs. in favor of the latter (per stock), as the 
“ bees store all their surplus above from the very first, and 
“the brood nest is not cramped, as is frequently the case 
“ where foundation is used” (in the sections). 
In these original experiments the foundation was built 
out early above strong colonies which had a dry feeder on 
etther side of some ten or eleven stock frames,ft each with a 
full sheet of thin foundation that when partly drawn, would 
. cut up exactly six section combs. In the same early work 
I illustrated the best form of gauging box for cutting the 
squares of drawn foundation to the exact size to fit firmly 
into each section, and the same engraving has been given 
in each edition of this work, together with the illustration 
of the most suitable form of comb cutter I had been able 
to use, being a taut saw blade as fine as a fret saw. 
The Author's Original Completely Divided Sections 
and Holders. 
But I was not content to continue with these methods, 
* These italics are as given in the Author's 1886 pamphlet. 
“+ Under the influence of this method of feeding, a moderately 
strong colony will expand to cover double the usual number of 
combs, hence the new combs are quickly drawn out. 
