BEE CULTURE, 99 
Manufacturers should avoid using soap and all other 
obnoxious preparations in making foundation ; many pounds 
of good wax have been condemned as adulterated, because of 
the wash used on the rollers. 
Considering the start given to a colony of bees by judi- 
ciously using comb foundation, the certainty of having the 
combs all built straight, the ease with which the number of 
drones produced by a colony may be controlled, let no one 
say that we are not making prodigious strides in making bee- 
keeping a scientific occupation. 
PRESERVE THE WAX. 
The use of comb foundation bids fair to use all the avail- 
able wax in the country; every bit of wax and old combs 
should therefore be preserved. A wax extractor (fig. 71) 
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Fie. 71.—Wax Extractor. 
will soon pay for itself. By its use all the old comb may be 
saved, utilized, and restored to the bees in comb foundation 
to be worked out into beautiful comb, forming either the 
cradle of bees or the receptacle of immaculately-pure honey. 
COMB FOUNDATION NOT ARTIFICIAL. 
Newton, seeing a falling apple, asked, why? Franklin, 
upon witnessing the lightning’s flash, asked, why? Fulton, 
perceiving the force contained in steam, asked, why? Thou- 
sands of scientific discoveries have resulted from some one 
asking why? When we hear persons call Comb Foundation 
“artificial,” we naturally ask, why? Artificial is “ wenatural,” 
