HOW FASTENED. 377 
are in the proper position. The Dunham-machine, how- 
ever, makes sheets which should hang vertically, if the 
proper position is wanted. As the sheets principally used, 
are for frames of the Langstroth pattern (299), from eight 
to ten inches in depth, and sixteen to eighteen inches in 
length, and as the machines are all under fourteen inches in 
width, the Dunham foundation-sheets must be cut in two, 
or else must be fastened wrong in the frames, owing to 
the position of the cells in the rollers. In ninety-nine cases 
out of every hundred, the latter method has been followed, 
and as the Dunham heavy-brood foundation has given uni- 
versal satisfaction, it proves that the position of the cells 
cannot have a great importance, practically, whenever a 
heavy grade is used. It is well, however, to place founda- 
tion in the correct position, whenever practicable, espe- 
cially with the light grades for sections, which are more in 
danger of stretching under ordinary circumstances. 
697. It is astonishing, as well as pleasing, to see how 
quickly a swarm will build its combs, when foundation is 
used. The enthusiasm, with which it is used by bee-keep- 
ers, is only exceeded by that of the bees, ‘‘in being hived 
on it.’? This invention certainly deserves to rank next to 
those of the movable-frames (282) and of the honey- 
extractor. (749.) 
A new process has lately been devised by Mr. E. B. Weed 
for sheeting wax in endless sheets. 
This invention produces sheets of beeswax more malleable 
than the dipping boards and seems destined to revolutionize 
the making of comb foundation, especially as an endless 
sheet may be run through the mills at the minimum of cost. 
This process, being patented, a description of it would be 
out of place in this work. 
