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Bee-keei'ing for Beginners. 



The weed foundation bids fair to become the 

 foundation of the future. It is the invention of an 

 American, and most of it is made in America. The 

 cells are a more perfect imitation of those made by 

 the bee, and the foundation can be made any width 

 and any length. The writer has now used it two years, 



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 Fig. i8. 



and found the bees take to it very quickly. The 

 sketch (fig. 1 8) shews clearly the simple manner of 

 fixing and securing foundations. The frame is placed 

 on a block, having an inner board the half depth 

 of frame, the sheet is placed on this, the thumb draws 



