94 A Modern Bee-Favm 



Simmins' Divided Section and Holder. 



The foundation is secured to one-half of this section frame, 

 or holder, by using a flat blade which is rapidly pressed along , 

 the edge as it lies on the top bar, at. intervals of about i-inch. 

 The ends are not to be secured. The foundation is either 

 first worked into comb, or the halved sections immediately 

 placed on either side. Three halves lying on a flat surface 

 are first covered with the half-frame having the sheet of 

 foundation, when the blank half with the other portions of the 

 sections is put to them, the foundation lying between. 



For Melting ^Vax, 



use a common glue pot, with a small brush to dip in, allowing 

 the drip to run down the angle, joining the foundation and 

 frame securely. Remove the gauge-board while reversing and 

 then wax the other side, with the frame always held at a 

 slight incline, starting the wax at one end, and allowing so 

 much that it will just run to the other end. Be careful that 

 the wax is kept at an even temperature, over a small paraffin 

 stove ; if too hot it will weaken the sheet, and if too cool it 

 will not hold the foundation in place. 



Other Plans 



are such as have the top bar split nearly its whole or entire 

 length to receive the sheet of foundation, when two or three 

 nails or screws are driven through, holding the two halves 

 together with the impressed wax between. There is little 

 economy in so weakening and disfiguring one's furniture 

 permanently simply for this one preliminary operation, while 

 the open cut along the top of the bar is the very best harbour 

 for the wax moth, as the covering over the frames adds still 

 further protection to such crevices. 



, As a matter of fact, I have had no difficulty in getting 

 combs built out perfectly true from foundation simply waxed 



