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To Fasten Foundation. 



(Fig. 108, d) as the frame is long, which may be trimmed 

 off, so as to have a convenient handle (Fig. 108, e), and by 

 ■wetting the edge of this (Fig. 108, d) either in water, or, 

 better, starch-water, and pressing with it on the foundation 



Fig. 107. 



above the projection, the foundation will be made to adhere 

 firmly to the latter, when the frame may be raised vnth the 

 block, taken off, and another fastened as before. I have prac- 

 ticed this plan for years, and have had admirable success. 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. 



The above methods are successful, but probably will receive 

 valuable modifications at the hands of the ingenious apiarists 



Fig. 109. 



of our land. If we have frames with the V-shaped top-bar 

 (Fig. 44), we may easily break the foundation and press it on, 

 as shown in Fig. 1 09, 



