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bi-ood foundation, only you must be careful about turning the ex- 

 tractor too fast while the combs are new. Indeed you can use 

 light brood with full-depth frames. 



Q. Do you consider light brood foundation sufficiently heavy 

 to be used with your splints in regular Langstroth frames? 



A. Yes, only in place of five splints, as with medium, seven 

 splints must be used with the light brood foundation. At least I 

 did not feel safe to do with less than seven, and had good re- 

 sults. 



Q. Is there any special width of foundation to use in a brood- 

 chamber ? 



A. It is well to have the foundation come down to within one- 

 half inch of the bottom-bar. 



Q. 1 am going to buy foundation for 1,500 Hoffman frames for 

 the next season and do not know whether to buy medium or 

 light brood. I have used both and can see but little if any differ- 

 ence in results. I have had no trouble with light brood sagging. 

 I wire my frames, but do not use splints. \A'hich do you think is 

 the better to use? 



A. It's merely a question of which will succeed better, and as 

 you have no trouble with the lighter foundation sagging, it will 

 be economy to use that. 



Q. \\'liat kind of foundation would you recommend for honey 

 in one-pound sections? 



A. Some prefer "extra thin," but, all things considered, my 

 own preference is "thin." 



Q. Which is the better to use in the frames, full sheets oi 

 starters ? 



A. Full sheets. If you use only starters you will have entirely 

 too much drone-comb. 



Q. Have bottom-starters of foundation in brood-frames ever 

 been used? 



A. I am no . sure whether anyone else has ever tried them, 



but I have. But I had no use for anything of the kind after I 



found I could use full sheets of foundation clear down to the 



bottom-bar by the aid of foundation splints. 



Q. I have about 40 pounds of light foundation, two years old, 

 and it seems dry. Should I use it, or have it worked over? 

 A. It is all right to use as it is. 



Q. In one place you say "Have the sections filled with worker- 

 foundation," and in another place I read: "Dr. Miller has for 

 years described his method of using bottom starters (as well as 



