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comb built on very heavy foundation; c, section of comb built oil 
“1898” deep-cell foundation ; d, section of “1898” deep-cell founda¬ 
tion; e, cross-section of the cells of “1898” deep-cell foundation 
before being worked by the bees; /, section of comb on the “1898” 
deep-cell foundation; g , section of “1899” deep-cell foundation; h, 
partly drawn comb on the preceding foundation. 
Plate 5. 
a, section of comb on “1899” deep-cell foundation; b, cross- 
section of cell walls of the “1899” deep-cell foundation before they 
have been worked at all by the bees; c, section of the Weed “thin- 
base-and-heavy-wall” foundation; d, section through comb to show 
that the midrib can be cut so as to give a straight line; e, another 
sample of comb manufactured by Mr. Weed with extremely thin 
midrib and high and heavy walls; /, comb on medium brood 
foundation; g , comb on extra thin super foundation ; h, sections of 
honey showing how comb is bulged when separators are not used; 
i, comb on “1898” deep-cell foundation somewhat magnified, show¬ 
ing the heavy basal portion of the cell walls. 
Plate 6. 
a to g, different methods of using starters in sections; h, i and 
j, showing how comb is built on starters that fill the sections half 
way down ; k, l and m, showing method of building down comb 
from small starter; n, comb built on a full-piece starter; o and p, 
the way sections are finished in weak colonies or during a poor 
honey flow, particularly with small-piece starters; q and r, large 
piece starters that the bees have gnawed away during dearth of 
honey; s, the way sections should be finished. 
