198 WAX AND COMB. 
tests. I have also experimented with foundation strength- 
ened with milliner’s lace and similar material, but as yet 
such substitutes have proved unsatisfactory. The bees 
seem to have an aversion to the presence of such sub- 
stances, and endeavor to bite them away. The wire, how- 
ever, appears to be unobjectionable, and in no way injuri- 
ous. I also consider foundation thus supported, valuable. 
from the aid the wires give the completed combs, making 
Fig. 79.—MACHINE FOR MAKING WORKER-COMB FOUNDATION. 
them less liable to be broken from the frames while hand- 
ling. This process of incorporating wire was invented and 
patented by Captain Hetherington, and must certainly be 
counted of much value to the bee-keeping fraternity. 
Captain Hetherington considers the foundation with flat- 
base cells preferable when the wire is thus combined. I 
have received samples of comb-foundation from J. Van 
Deusen embracing these new features, which is the most 
perfect that has ever come to my notice. Figure 79 
represents the large machine with which this foundation 
is made. 
HEAVY FOUNDATION PREFERABLE. 
Many consider a foundation of only the simple base of 
the cells, without the start for the side-walls, sufficient 5 
