CHAPTER IX 
How to Secure the Harvest of the Hive 
As already mentioned, the use of the bar- 
framed hive is now considered essential to 
profitable bee-keeping, and in previous chapters 
many hints have been given as to the work- 
ing of certain details connected with it. 
There are, however, matters connected directly 
with the gathering and harvesting of honey 
which have yet to be dealt with. 
The Use of Comb-Foundation.—One of 
the most important items in the working of 
the bar-framed hive is the comb-foundation to 
which reference was made on page 35. It 
is by its use that profit reaping is made pos- 
sible to the bee-keeper. Where it is intended 
to work combs on the standard frame prin- 
ciple, the foundation should be of the thick 
‘‘worker’’ kind, for if the bees are not in- 
clined to wax-making they will often thin 
down the thick foundation to obtain the wax 
with which to draw out the cells. 
In placing the foundations in the frames, 
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