14 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
To obtain combs of the right width for brood rearing the 
frames are spaced 1 inches from centre to centre by means 
of a W.B.C. metal end, Fig, 16, pushed on the projecting 
end. ‘The frames, division board, and slip of wood are seen 
in the right position, each metal end touching, Fig. 17. 
IV.—COMB FOUNDATION AND ITS USES. 
Comb foundation is pure beeswax sheeted and impressed 
with the base of either worker or drone cells. Its use is to 
get straight combs built in any desired position, and to 
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control the rearing of drones. Unless the combs are built 
in the framework designed for them the frame hive is not a 
moveable comb one. The brood frames should be fitted with 
full sheets of worker base foundation. Starters, which are 
narrow strips of foundation fastened to the top bar, should be 
scrupulously avoided, otherwise a large amount of drone 
comb will be built and a number of useless drones reared. 
To fasten the foundation into the frames it is inserted into 
a saw cut provided right through the centre of the top bar. 
This saw cut can be opened easily for the reception of the 
foundation by driving a couple of headless nails into the 
bench about 4 an inch apart; the frame is turned upside 
down, and placed so that the nails fit into the saw cut in the 
centre; the frame is then given a twist so that the nails come 
at right angles to, instead of parallel with the saw cut. Being 
