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compact and ingenious contrivance, the invention of The 

 A. G. AVoodman Co., Michigan, U.S.A., and is illustrated 

 in Fig. -17. A hinged arrangement folds the section, and 

 a series of steel plates heated by a lani]) melt the edges 

 of the starters, fastening them to tlie wood on all sides. 

 The section-fixer is made of jn-essed steel. 



The foundation used should be the lightest grade, 

 catalogued as "thin surplus." If a heavier (pudity is 



Fig. 47. "Woodbiirn" Section Fastener. 



used the bees sometimes neglect to thin it, and this fault 

 is objected to by ])eople who eat comb-honey as a ]-egular 

 thing. The delicate crispness of wax in the natural comb 

 is absent in foundation, and the thinner this is used the 

 more pronounced is the friable character of the resultant 

 comb. With the super thus jirepared, we are ready to 

 hand it over to the bees for completion. 



TO GET BEES TO WOEK IN SUPEES. 

 The first thing the novice will discover after giving 

 the super is the decided disinclination of the insects to 

 accept the prepared sections. To save him any undue 



