BEE MANUAL. 169 
IMBEDDING THE FOUNDATION. 
_ Cut an inch board (A in the figure) a little larger than the 
size of the frame ; on this screw another piece, B, three-eighths 
of an inch thick, cut slightly smaller than the inside of the 
frame, letting the grain of each board cross that of the other, 
ie A 
Fig. 83.—WIRING BOARD, 
which will prevent twisting. Lay a sheet of foundation on the 
board 8B, and a wired frame over it, resting upon the lower 
board a. One edge of the sheet should be close against the 
top bar of the frame. The wires can now be imbedded in the 
centre of the sheet by passing over each a button-hook in 
which a shallow groove has been filed. The sheets should be 
slightly warmed. A still better implement for imbedding the 
wires is shown here (Fig. 84). The lower curved part, upon 
Fig. 84._-EASTERDAYS WIRE IMBEDDER, 
which the points are fastened, is just long enough to reach 
from the top to the bottom bar of the frame. It is grasped 
by the upper part in the hand, is used on the wires with a 
rocking motion, and imbeds them very rapidly. Mr. Root 
says he considers it does the work “ quicker and easier than 
any other plan hitherto tried.” 
