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| and value. Thus as soon as the fruf!
is large enough so that 1t is easily seen'
and can be dexterously thinned, the
thinning process should commence.
I am sure that nothing attracts peo-
pie in Southern California more than
our beautifully kept orchards. / think
| it can be said with as much truth tnat
our fruit deserves equal praise. believe
! that in following the above suggestions
California fruit may be made even pet
| ter and will secure still higher reputa-
tion for beauty and excellence.
Deep Celled Foundations
One of the greatest discoveries IN
modern bee-keeping was that wnicn
gave to us comb foundation. This mate
rial Is made of pure beeswax and Is
really much like the ordinary honey
comb except that the base OF the cells
as also the cell walls are very much
thicker than those of natural comb and
the walls instead of being one-half inch
high, are very short. 1t Is found that
by putting starters of this in the ordi-
nary brood frames or in the sections,
The bees are very much more ready to
commence work and much more sura
to build the comb as we wish 1t. In
deed. some value this foundation SO
highly that they always use full sheets
both in the brood frames and also in the
surplus honey section. The gain in
80 to- ic
much in excess of the expense Of the
foundation. Thus 1t is, that comb foun-
cation is now almost universally used
by those bee keepers who make any pre-
tense to keep abreast of the times. The
foundation that is used in the section
has usually been made much thinner
than that used in the brood frames.
The only objection that can possibly be
made to the use of foundation is that
it does not pay, and no intelligent. we'll
informed bee keeper would make this
claim; and that when used in the sec
tions the bees do not always thin it. II
it is not properly thinned down, there
seems too much wax in the honey, and
thus the comb honey is not relished for
table use as it would otherwise be. This
popularity of comb honey has received
the name of honey with fish bone by
bee keepers When very thin foundation
is used this objection has no force. We
see then that comb foundation is real
advantage and has surely come to stay.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FOUNDATION
OF late Mr.. A. B. Weed has made some
very substantial improvements in
foundation and in the method of maxi
ing it. In the olden time, the sheets
which were to be impressed were form
ed on thin boards, which were dipped
alternately in cold water and then in
melted wax. Such sheets were small
and in running them through the found
alton mill each sheet was liable to stick
to the engraved rollers and thus delay
very much the work of making the
foundation. Mr.. Weeds invention con-
sists in forming sheets of indefinite
length which are wound upon a sort of
bobbin and thus when these sheets are
passed through the mill or stamped they
run right along until number Of yards
of foundation are formed which can
afterwards be cut into such lengths as
are desired. This very greatly expedites
the making of foundation. The other
invention of Mr.. Weed consists in form
ing foundation with deep cells which
approximate in length the natural comb
AS all know, honeycomb is exceedingly
thin and delicate. Indeed, go thin are
the walls that their thickness is only
1-1S0 of an inch. 1t has long been sup
posed that it would be impossible to
make anything comparable to genuine
honeycomb, either in delicacy or thin
ness, by artificial means; notwithstand-
ing this view, Mr.. Weed has really at
tanned this object and has made what
the bee keepers call drawn foundation,
but what would be more accurately de
scribed by the name given above-deep
celled foundation. This deep-celled
foundation seems acceptable to the bees
and is without doubt another valuable
acquisition in the line of apicultural in
vention. If, as it is claimed, this found
alton can be made 90 thin as not to in
jure the honey for eating and if it car
be used as can fully formed, natural
combs, then surely it is very valuable
4 acquisition. Any objection that may be
made to it because it is not natura
product is puerile and need not be con
! sidered.