HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



slack winter months, and thus have them all 

 in readiness for the flow, as a good deal of 

 worry will be saved thereby. 



The little section boxes are made of white 

 basswood and are grooved at the places where 

 they are to be bent to put together, and before 

 putting them together it is an excellent thing 



Dififerent methods of cutting foundations for the sections. 



to lay a lot of them on a table, so that the 

 grooves will all coincide, and then pour a little 

 hot water from a teakettle over the grooves, 

 as this will make the wood soft and flexible 

 and save the breaking of many a section. 



The foundation should be cut in strips just 

 long enough to almost fill the section boxes, 

 leaving a space of about a half inch at the 

 bottom and about a sixteenth of an inch space 

 at the sides, as it is necessary only to secure 



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