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If the tops of the sections are thick, they may be grooved, 

 and by crowding the foundation into the groove, and, if 

 necessary, pressing it with a thin wedge, it will be securely held. 



This last method will work nicely in case of fastening into 

 the brood-frames. But I have found that I could fasten them 

 rapidly and very securely by simply pressing them against 

 the rectangular projection from the top-bar already described 

 (page 134). In this case a block (Fig. 68, a) should reach 



Fig. 68. 



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up into the frame from the side which is nearest to the rectangu- 

 lar projection — it will be remembered that the projection (Fig. 

 36) is a little to one side of the centre of the top-bar, so that the 

 foundation shall hang exactly in the centre — so far that its 

 upper surface would be exactly level with the upper surface 

 of the rectangular projection. This block, like the one de- 

 scribed above, has shoulders (Fig. 68, 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. 68, b), so that the projec- 

 tion has a solid support, and will not split off with pressure. 

 We now set our frame on this block, lay on our foundation, 

 cut the size we desire, which, unless strengthened, will be as 

 long as the frame, and about four inches wide. The founda- 

 tion 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. 69, d) as the frame 

 is long, which may be trimmed off, so as to have a convenient 

 handle (Fig. 69, e), and by wetting the edge of this (Fig. 



