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.) 



