270 QUEENSLAND aGRICULTURAL souENAL. [1 Apri, 1902. 
Apiculture. 
THE NEW PROCESS WEED FOUNDATION. 
By H. R. STEPHENS, Toowoomba Apiaries. 
As the above improved bee-comb foundation is finding favour with 
apiarists in preference to the ordinary hand-roller process, it may be asked: 
How is it better? Well, the advantages claimed for it are— 
1. It is tougher, and for that reason the bees take to it more readily, as it 
is more easily worked by them. 
2. It does not stretch or sag like the ordinary, which is of great importance 
when extracting. 
3. The certainty of its purity, as the machine will not work it up if 
adulterated with even a small quantity of foreign matter. 
4. There are more square feet to the lb.; hence the number of sheets in 
1 Ib. will be greater. 
5. There is said to be about 800 cells more in a Langstroth frame than 
with ordinary foundation. 
6. The New Process foundation is very clear and transparent. If laid on 
a sheet of writing-paper, it is possible to read through it. This transparency 
is due to the method of making the sheets, as they are forced through dies 
under heavy pressure in continuous sheets and reeled on large bobbins. This 
proces of manufacture presses out all air cells, making a product that is per- 
ectly homogeneous. After leaving the bobbins the foundation is automatically 
cut to the required size for insertion in the frames of a beehive. Foundation 
is made in three grades, as follow:— 
Sizes are— 
Medium brood, 6 to 7 sheets to the lb. sex: 16¢ in. by 8 in. 
Light brood, 8 to 9 sheets to the lb. ok 16% in. by 8 in. 
Thin super for sections, 24 to 26 sheets to the lb. 15+ in. by 4 in. 
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