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comb built on very heavy foundation ; c, section of comb built on 

 "1898" deep-cell foundation ; d, section of "1898" deep-cell founda- 

 tion; e, cross-section of the cells of "1898" deep-cell foundation 

 before being worked by the bees; /, section of comb on the "1898" 

 deep-cell foundation; g, section of "1899" deep-cell foundation; h, 

 partly drawn comb on the preceding foundation. 



Plate 5. 

 a, section of comb on "1899" deep-cell foundation ; b, cross- 

 section of cell walls of the "1899" deep-cell foundation before they 

 have been worked at all by the bees; c, section of the Weed "thin- 

 base-and-heavy-wall" foundation ; d, section through comb to show 

 that the midrib can be cut so as to give a straight line ; e, another 

 sample of comb manufactured by Mr. Weed with extremely thin 

 midrib and high and heavy walls ; /, comb on medium brood 

 foundation ; g, comb on extra thin super foundation ; h, sections of 

 honey showing how comb is bulged when separators are not used ; 

 i, comb on "1898" deep-cell foundation somewhat magnified, show- 

 ing the heavy basal portion of the cell walls. 



Plate 6. 

 a to g, different methods of using starters in sections ; h, i and 

 j, showing how comb is built on starters that fill the sections half 

 way down ; k, I and m, showing method of building down comb 

 from small starter ; n, comb built on a full-piece starter ; o and p, 

 the way sections are finished in weak colonies or during a poor 

 honey flow, particularly with small-piece starters ; q and r, large 

 piece starters that the bees have gnawed away during dearth of 

 honey ; s, the way sections should be finished. 



