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vent the stretching of the cells and allow 
the brood to extend clear up to the top-bar. 
This matter was presented thru the col¬ 
umns of Gleanings in Bee Culture in 1911), 
Fig. 4.—This is the same as No. 3, except that 
double wires are used. The sheet of foundation 
should be placed between the two sets of wires. Like 
No. 3 it will not prevent sagging near the top-bar. 
with the result that the whole beekeeping' 
world seemed to wake up to the fact that 
the breeding capacity of a Langstroth hive 
could be increased at a very slight expense. 
the most practicable plan seems to be to 
use four horizontal wires, and then diag¬ 
onal wires reaching from the two bottom 
holes and passing either up over the top 
Fig. 7. — This will preveilt sagging, but is too 
complicated, and does not permit of electrical im¬ 
bedding. 
of the top wire, or, better still, running up 
to the top-bar, at which point it is held by 
a staple or nail. See Figs. 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 
14, and 15. It is very important, as will be 
shown later, to have the sheet of foundation 
Fig. 5.—This is very good. It will prevent sag¬ 
ging of the foundation, but will not permit () f elec¬ 
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Fig. 8.—This plan is the same as No. 3 except that 
nails are driven in the end-bars as indicated. This 
prevents the wires from cutting into the wood. 
Hundreds of different schemes for wiring 
were then sent in, some of which were 
good, but most of them either poor or ex- 
placed between the four horizontal wires 
on the one side and the two diagonal wires 
on the other. Where both diagonal and 
Fig. 6.—This is faulty, like No. 5, and is more 
difficult to accomplish. 
pensive. For the benefit of those readers 
who have not seen this discussion it has 
been thought best to reproduce a number 
of the plans that were described, pointing 
out, by the legends beneath, the bad and 
good features of all of them. 
In a general way it should be stated that 
Fig. 9.—This is one of the best of any of the 
plans shown. The sheet of foundation should be 
placed between the diagonal and the four horizon¬ 
tal wires, when imbedding with electricity can be 
accomplished. It effectually prevents sagging of 
the foundation, but is not quite equal to the plans 
shown in Figs. 14 and 15. 
horizontal wires are on one side of the 
sheet it is impossible to use electricity for 
imbedding, on account of the “short cir¬ 
cuits” caused by the intersecting of the 
wires. These short circuits cause some of 
