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COMB FOUNDATION 
the wires to become red-hot, while some of 
them will hardly be warm. By placing, the 
sheet between the two sets of wires, the 
intersecting wires are insulated so that the 
Fig. 10.—This is the same as Fig. 9. but it re¬ 
quires an extra hole thru the top-bar. It is, there¬ 
fore, unnecessary. 
electric current can be passed thru both 
the horizontal and diagonal wires all at 
the same time, all of them having the 
that brood in combs wired this way would go clear 
to the top-bar. Because of the difficulty of electric¬ 
ally imbedding on account of the wires’ intersecting 
at the tops, Nos. 14 and 15 are recommended in¬ 
stead. 
right imbedding temperature. The plan 
that the publishers finally adopted is the 
one shown in Figs. 15 and 16, the end-bar 
Fig- 12.—This is very good, but not as simple as 
Fig. 9. and is defective in that it will not allow 
electrical wiring. 
having four holes pierced in the regular 
way. At the bottom of each end-bar is a 
shallow saw-cut, which, when the bottom- 
bar is nailed in place, makes an additional 
hole. The wire is first passed thru the 
two saw-cuts next to the bottomdoar at 1 
and 2, Fig. 15. Then it is threaded back 
and forth thru the holes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 
and 10 successively until the last hole is 
reached. The slack is taken out when the 
1'i.g. 13.—This plan is good, but it requires two 
extra holes in the bottom-bar. 
wire is fastened at the last hole. The 
wire passing thru the saw-cuts is made 
slack, as will be explained later. 
Fig. 14.—This and No. 15 are the plans that the 
author recommends more than any of the other 
plans here shown. 
Jt is easier to do wiring with the frame 
upside down, resting it -on a slanting 
board. The wires in place, a full sheet of 
foundation is now laid on them, after 
Fig. 15. — This is the same as Fig. 14, except that 
it uses two tacks or nails for the top support in¬ 
stead of one. Both 14 and 15 permit of electrical 
imbedding provided the directions are followed. 
which the slack wire next to the bottom- 
bar, which passes thru the two saw-cuts in 
the end-bars, is drawn down over the 
sheet of foundation, and hooked over two 
nailheads, A and B, Fig. 15, driven in the 
top-bar. 
