SUT.PLUS HONEY IN BOXES AND EXTRACTED. §7 



It is important that pure wax should be used, for all substitutes pro- 

 posed for it have heretofore failed. 



The wax sheets are made by dipping a sheet of galvanized iron into a 

 vessel of melted wax. By dipping two or three times, according to the 

 temperature of the heated wax, the sheets will be of sufficient thickness- 

 The wax is scaled from the sheets and when well cooled, rolled 

 through the foundation machine. Soap suds rubbed upon the 

 rolls will prevent the sheets from sticking, but as bees seem sometimes 

 to object to it, water into which a little bark, called soap bark is put, 

 is now generally used, and seems to answer as well. We are, by the 

 advice of A. I. Boot, now using, with great satisfaction, common starch, 

 prepared as for starching clothes. The roller should be well wet with it 

 before use, and when necessary. 



These sheets are readily cut up into smaller pieces of any desired 

 dimensions. Perhaps the best way to cut them, where many are used, is 

 with a cutter made from a round piece of tin, filed sharp on the circum- 

 ference and fixed to run as a wheel on a pivot through the centre, which 

 fastens it to the handle. This can be run rapidly along any guide to 

 mark the size required. 



HOW TO FASTEN COMB-FOUNDATION IN FRAMES. 



This is done in different ways. It is important that it be fastened firm- 

 ly all along the lop bar, in order to prevent sagging. Some use melted 

 wax or white glue, but they are troublesome, and when used in 

 honey boxes are apt to leave a lump of the substance on the bar, which 

 is decidedly objectionable. 



We recommend fastening them by placing the frames bottom upwards 

 on a table, and laying the sheet on the top bar so that the edge comes 

 nearly across it. Now, take a screw driver or piece of smooth firm irop. 



