COMB FOUNDATION. 



63 



Fi?. 43. 

 FOUNDATION. 



the 



It has been observed 

 by Hubcr, and Cheshire, 

 and indeed by everyone 

 wlio has carefully ex- 

 amined a honey comb, 

 tliat it is customary for 

 bees to build their cells 

 with two of tlie 

 six sides perper 

 dicular, t li u s- 



A, RIGHT. B. WRONG. ^""^ 'f this posi- 



' tion foundation should 



always be used (Fig. 43, A). If the sheet be fixed the otlier / ^ 



way, the impress of the cells will be out of form, thus— ^ \ 

 and this is not desirable (Fig, 43, B). \ / 



118. Wiring Appliances are used for fastening founda- 

 tion securely in frames to prevent it from sagging when 

 the heat of the hive softens the wax, and the weight of 

 clustering bees tends to bear it down. Combs which may 

 some day find their way to the extractor (134) should always 



be wired in the frames, lest 

 Ip the centrifugal force employed 

 to throw out the honey 

 should break the comb. The 

 Wiring Board (Fig. 44) is a 

 piece of |" wood, cut 13V' x 7\" 

 so as to fit inside the frame. 

 Two laths, 143" x s" x f", 

 projecting- J" at each end, are 

 nailed on the back. Holes 

 are bored in the bars of tlie 

 frame ; and No. 30 tinned 

 wire is drawn through and tightened (262). It is then em- 

 bedded in the foundation by a heated embedder, which may be 

 a strong bradawl, having a groove cut in its edge. Drawn 

 along the wire it presses it into the foundation, at the same time 

 melting sufficient wax to cover the wire (263). The Woiblet 

 Spur-embedder (Fig. 45) has a grooved wheel to act upon the 

 wire. 



u. 

 BOARD. 



Fig. 45. 

 WOIBLET SPUR-EMBEDDEB. 



