1 62 A Modern Bee- Farm 



bar. A board, 7 inches wide and 13 inches long, has 

 screwed on the back two strips of f-inch stuff, which pro- 

 ject about an inch over. The two projections on one side 

 I have arranged as shown (Fig. 29) with a wide-headed 

 screw to each, enabling the gauge to be regulated to a 

 nicety. When set upon the inverted frame it stands |-inch 

 off from the centre of the bar, thus providing for the 

 thickness of the foundation that it may hang exactly in 

 the centre, 



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 inter- 

 vals of about I -inch. The ends are not to be secured. 

 The foundation is either first worked into comb, or the 

 halved sections immedialely 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. See Fig. 23. 



For netting Wax, 



use a common glue pot, with a small brush or a spoon 

 with its sides bent up to meet, allowing the drip to run 

 down theangle, 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, startmg 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. 



