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remembered that the projection is a little to one side of the 
center of the top-bar, so that the foundation shall hang 
exactly in the center—so far that its upper surface would 
be exactly level with the upper surface of the rectangular 
projection. This block has shoulders (Fig. 125, c), so that 
it will always reach just the proper distance into the frame. 
It is also rabbeted at the edge where the projection of the 
top-bar of the frame will rest (Fig. 125, 6), so that the 
projection has a solid support, and will not split off with 
pressure. We now set our frame on this block, lay on our 
foundation, cut the size we desire, which, unless strength- 
ened, will be as long as the frame, and nearly as wide. 
The foundation will rest firmly on the projection and 
block, and touch the top-bar at every point. We now take 
a board as thick as the projection is deep, and as wide 
(Fig. 126, d) as the frame is long, which may be trimmed 
off, so as to have a convenient handle (Fig. 126, e), and by 
wetting the edge of this (Fig. 126, @) either in water, or 
better,’ starch-water, and pressing with it on the foundation: 
Fic. 125. Fie. 126. 
above the projection, the foundation will be made to adhere 
firmly to the latter, when the frame may be raised with the 
block, taken off, and another fastened as before. I have 
practiced this plan for years, and have had admirable suc- 
cess. I have very rarely known the foundation to drop if 
made of good wax, though it must be remembered that our 
hives are shaded, and our frames small. If the top-bar of 
