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out cutting the wire until all that is required has been taken off 
the coil. 
The following is an alternative method of wiring: Draw a 
line on the embedding board parallel to and 2 inches from one 
of its long sides, and another line at 4 or 44 inches from and 
parallel to the same side; then write along that edge of the 
board from which the measurements were taken, ‘“ Place top 
bar at this side, and bore for wires over horizontal lines”’; place 
the embedding board flat side up on a table, allowing one end of 
the board to project as far as the inner edge of the cross slip : 
hang the frame by one side on the board, with its top bar 
next that side which is two inches from the nearest line; 
bore a hole in the centre of the frame side directly over each 
line; then bore two holes in exactly similar positions in the 
opposite side of the frame; the holes will be 2 inches and 
4 or 43 inches respectively from the under side of the top bar. 
Drive a gimp pin or light tack partially into the centre of each 
side of the frame, directly over each hole ; pass an embedding 
wire through the two holes nearest to the top bar, and back 
through the two holes furthest from that bar, grip the wires by 
hand, and pull them towards one frame side, slip the middle 
of the wire over the two tacks on the other frame side, tighten 
the wire and secure it by winding each end round a tack ; the 
wires should be so tight as to twang sharply when struck ; 
then drive the tacks home. 
The above described methods of wiring (71) are the best to adopt 
when stocks are to be worked mainly for 
72. Wiring Frames sections, as they provide sufficient support 
for Extracting. for the comb hanging perpendicularly. 
Beekeepers who work largely for extracting 
frequently prefer to wire the frames as shown by X, Fig. 10; 
this system interferes with the brood nest more than does the 
parallel wire system (71), but it supports the comb better 
during the process of extracting. 
To fix the foundation in the frame after the latter has been 
wired, hold the frame inverted perpendicu- 
73. Fixing larly, gripping it by one hand at the 
Foundation in Frame. shoulder, then take a sheet of frame foun- 
dation (88) in the other hand, and insert 
one corner of it at that end of the centre groove on the top bar 
which is next the hand holding the frame, steadying the foun- 
dation with the thumb and fingers of that hand; then, with 
both hands work the foundation into the centre groove (Fig. 26), 
and draw it gently from side to side to work it down into its 
proper position in the bottom of the groove; next hold the 
frame still in inverted position in one hand, the arm being ex- 
tended downwards and the frame so held that the foundation 
is supported by the wires (Fig. 27), then holding the wedged slip 
in a slanting position as indicated by Fig. 27, run the end of the 
wedge right along the groove, so as to press the mid-rib against 
