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COMB FOUNDATION. 



693. The foundation is fastened in the sections by differ- 

 ent machines, the most simple of which is the Parker Fastener, 

 sold by all dealers in bee-implements. 



In his -'Management of Bees'' Mr. Doolittle describes his 

 method as follows: 



' ' Turn your section top side down, hold a hot iron close to 

 the box, and after holding the starter immediately above and 

 touching the iron, draw the iron out quickly and press the 

 starter gently on to the wood, when it is a fixture. 



Fig. 149. 



HAMBArCH EOLLEE. 



The daintiest implement we have seen anywhere for fasten- 

 ing foundation in sections, while at the same time folding 

 the one piece section, is the small press invented by Frank 

 Rauchfuss, the energetic manager of the Colorado Honey Pro- 

 ducers' Association, at Denver. Thousands of sections are 

 prepared daily, by practical apiarists, with this instrument. 

 It is the most complete thing of its kind yet devised. 



To fasten the foundation on a flat top-bar, some use the 

 roller (fig. 149) invented by the late ]\Ir. Hambaugh. How- 



