20 Bee-keeping for Beginners. 



hexagonal, every particle of room is used up by the 

 cells, and the greatest number of eggs could be laid 

 in a given space, and also the greatest quantity of 

 honey contained. All the cells for the drones and 

 workers are of the same shape, but the drone cells are 

 made larger. At swarming time bees have a great 

 desire to build comb, and this is done very quickly ; 

 sometimes, in the case of a skep, the hive is filled 

 with comb in a week or ten days. But modern bee- 

 keepers assist the bees by giving them full sheets of 

 foundation. This is made of wax, with the cells 

 impressed on it. The bees have only to draw out 

 the cells, and then fill them, a lot of valuable time 

 being thus saved. It is always a saving to use a good 

 deal of foundation in the spring of the year, and the 

 amount of money spent on it is sure to be repaid with 

 compound interest. 



