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remembered that the projection is a little to one side of the 

 center of the top-bar, so that the foundation shall hang 

 exactly in the center — so far that its upper surface would 

 be exactly level with the upper surface of the rectangular 

 projection. This block has shoulders (Fig. 125, c), so that 

 it will always reach just the proper distance into the frame. 

 It is also rabbeted at the edge where the projection of the 

 top-bar of the frame will rest (Fig. 125, ^), so that the 

 projection has a solid support, and will not split off with 

 pressure. We now set our fi-ame on this block, lay on our 

 foundation, cut the size we desire, which, unless strength- 

 ened, will be as long as the frame, and nearly as wide. 

 The foundation will rest firmly on the projection and 

 block, and touch the top-bar at every point. We now take 

 a board as thick as the projection is deep, and as wide 

 (Fig. 126, d) as the frame is long, which may be trimmed 

 off, so as to have a convenient handle (Fig. 126, e), and by 

 wetting the edge of this (Fig. 126, d) either in water, or 

 better, starch-water, and pressing with it on the foundation 



Fig. 125. 



Fig. 126. 



above the projection, the foundation will be made to adhere 

 firmly to the latter, when the frame may be raised with the 

 block, taken off, and another fastened as before. I have 

 practiced this plan for years, and have had admirable suc- 

 cess. I have very rarely known the foundation to drop if 

 made of good wax, though it must be remembered that our 

 hives are shaded, and our frames small. If the top-bar of 



