The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-09-24
FOUNDATION WORK
IN The BEEHIVE.
Writer c'air-s Il Pays to Furnish Bees
With Part CT Their Wax.

Almost an large bee keepers use ful
sheets of foundation in the frames
whether thCy are 20 De- used for eX-
tractin- Or Va the brood nest There
IS quite an expense connected with
this ser I believe IL pays The bees
must eaf honey % make wax. aid. ds
Il takes anyw here from six 10 eight
pounds 20 honey 20 make one pound
OF wax. IL S evident that 20 furnish
the bees part OF this material Is a pay
Ing proposition. even though The wax
"a the form y foundation may COST
50 cents a poisld But there are two
other good reasons Tor lis use First
and foremost. the comparative free
Com from lrone comb, md. second.
the nice even combs secured by It's
use.
Some he, Keepers Of the ordinary
school evidently DO not comprehend
what q large amount OF honey d costs
10 rear and aiterward feed at marur-
ityi d ,Dt 90 dr01es. yef when using
only starters IN the brood frames, a
considerable amount Of drole comb
will o. constructed and this in turn
results iu tle rearing oi lot OF
drOnCs
Combs generally are not built SO
full sheets ~ foundation are used. IL
is a del 81, 70 handle straight built
combs. but ir is NOT pleasant 20 pry
and cut aud pull 20 get out crooked
frame ~ comb
When one has decided 20 use full
sheets az foundation the frames
should De ordered with cad bars
pierced with four holes Though some
do not. I consider IL poor practice 10
use full sheets in urwired frames
Generally dealers include the wire
when frames are ordered pierced II
not. then purchase No. 30 timed wire
on spoOis I do not know exactly but
a 25-cent spool will wire about four
hundred frames.
When the frames are being nailed
together or al any time thereafter.
drive a small tack about half way in
near the top and bottom holes Of one
OF the end bars. The wire is 10 be
wound around them. use a cut tack
about oneqnarter Of an ince long
Some Use various and complicated
devices with which 10 thread the wire
direct from the spOols ilt0 the frames.
I don't Ike them as they make SO
much trouble hy the wire com
ing OF the spool in coils ald kink-
ing I have a long board half as long
as he length Of wire needed for one
France around which the wire is
wound on one end 81 the board two
short boards are nailed 10 project
several inches Here l. where the wire
is cut Crit some nOtches in about
-four places on each side Of the board.
Here string Is 20 BE- wound around and
tied after he board Is fun OF wire 20
fnea rrfn F~rH .frn Ff
AZ is cut
To wind or the wire. first fasten
the spool % turn on spike or nail
Then drive another spike against
which he spool is 10 rub. 50 that
coils - wire cannot come OF and
make trouble Now take one end Of
the wire and 90 OF about one hundred
feet and wind IL around the board By
going OF this distance the wire is
stretched. and does not make SO much
trouble by cOiling and kilking when
threaded into the frames
When the board Is full tie around
the strinrs cut the wire. and there
You are ready for wiring the frames
Pull ont one wire and thread ir. az
the end where the small tacks are
into the second hole from the top
Pull the wire % the other end bar
through The hole then through the
top hole and % The end bar were YOU
started and wind once around the
tack NOW eat the other end Of wire
81 fhe same way and pull tight aad
wirf around the tack. Push the tack
IN wi'h your srife "A screwdriver or
anNtfil- convenient Then pun the
other erd o. -he wire tight and push
the tark n brings the frame out 81
3. l.
the 'a- 0re s0 small thar they are
20 'l' pushed dow1 anyway after the
kn1ct has "a learned
For ulf.r- ir the fQurdatiOn. get
b1arl as large as The inside u the
FRAME r. DIX sevel-eiEh's of an inch
if.ck. a-d Eifh ore side pianed nice
end smooth Then Won win have 10
have wire imheider This Is a lit
De tool rfnc' like q drcssmaker's trac-
ing wheel only tho teeth are wider
and ro'chnd As this tool must BE-
KEPT bot - % cool work. heat water
In q hal i0E powder can Take sheet
81 foundation and insert one edge into
the ornDre ~ thn ton bar ~ the frame.
Don't ruf ir the wedge vet for holding
tho foundation Lay the frame on 20
The board wifh the wires on top Push
the sheet into the top bar groove well
and see that 10 does not touch the
end hars Now take the imbedder
and run u across each wire Press
Just hard enough 20 get the wires wen
into the foundation. not too hard or
'he foundation will 30 cut and weak
enei Put the inhedder into The water
again Insert the wedge in the top
bar and put the finished frame into a
hive todv
After YOU have worked a while the
foundation sheets will quite likely
make trouble bv sticking 20 the board
Rub the beard lightly with Fat. and 1t
will work an right again n Is better
not n Oil the frames until shortly be-
fore they are to be given 20 the bees.
u IS not always practicable % wait
80 long II the frames are filed in