CHAPTER XVIII. 
COMB FOUNDATION AND HONEY 
EXTRACTORS. 
OMB foundation, or artificial comb is one of the 
C greatest inventions of modern times. By its use 
the production of honey is greatly increased. To obtain 
the most satisfactory results from the use of comb founda- 
tion, we must use that which is manufactured from pure 
bees-wax. There is much foundation offered to bee- 
keepers that is wholly unfit for use, the material used in 
its manufacture being tallow which is very much dis- 
liked by the bees. 
Twenty-five years ago it was thought impossible to 
successfully imitate the bee in the construction of honey 
comb, but invention has triumphed in this, as in many 
other improvements deemed impossible. We now have 
honey comb manufactured by skillful workmen, so closely 
resembling that made by bees, that it seems the bees 
cannot detect any difference. I have always studied to 
give my bees every possible advantage, and I find that 
comb foundation, used in conjunction with my system of 
feeding, secures very large yields of surplus honey— 
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much greater than I could otherwise secure. I also find 
