B74 COMB FOUNDATION. 
Acting upon socialistic principles, in our manufacture of 
comb-foundation, we have interested our workmen, as we did 
the farmers on whose lands we have out-Apiaries (684). 
Pursuing the same principles, our workmen have associated 
together, dividing their earnings and electing their fore- 
man. Such arrangements produce not only harmony, but 
many other results. Our laborers get better wages; and 
there is less need of close watching ; for the work is always 
done with the view of increasing the business by satisfying 
the customers. 
Well-made foundation will keep for years, in a dry place. 
It should never be handled when cold; and when too much 
softened by heat, should be cooled in a cellar, a few hours 
before it is handled. 
692. The best grade of foundation for brood or extract- 
ing (749) combs is that which measures about five square 
‘eet to the pound; that for sections, ten to twelve feet. 
On this latter grade, the comb is not so readily built, for 
the bees have to add their own wax to it. 
693. The founda- 
tion is fastened in the 
sections by different 
machines, the most 
simple of which is the 
Parker Fastener, sold 
by all dealers in bee- 
implements. 
In his ‘‘ Management Eig 18, 
of Bees”? Mr. Doolittle FOUNDATION FASTENED ON A 
: ; TRIANGULAR BaR. 
describes his method. 
From ‘‘Bees and Honey.’? 
as follows: y 
“Turn your sections 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.” 
