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embedded in the foundation. A little imple- 
ment known as an embedder is used for the 
purpose and has to be heated sufficiently to 
set the wire in the wax without unduly melt- 
ing the latter. 
An embedder can be made by rubbing 
or grinding obliquely the point of a fairly 
large nail and filing a small V-shaped groove 
at the end in which the wire can run. 
Hives of bees that contain frames recently 
fitted with foundation should not be moved if 
it can possibly be avoided, for the foundation 
is apt to buckle under the heat of the hive 
and may easily break away under the strain of 
a sudden jerk. 
Section Working.—In working with sec- 
tions for honey it is always advisable to use 
the thin foundation, for if there is nothing 
for the bees to start work on they will build 
combs of all kinds and shapes among the sec- 
tions ; many bee-keepers use drone foundation 
for the purpose. With the view, too, of con- 
fining each comb to a section, dividers (see 
p. 31) are placed between each row of sec- 
tions. The use of the queen excluder, of 
course, is absolutely necessary to the success 
of section working. 
It is often advisable when giving very 
