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Show Comb Building by Eceo. In tho innslructlon ot honeveomh bees consume henvil) or hone) and If foundation founda-tion tomh Is not used a large portion of their honey goes Into U.e production of eomli During tho hone) harvest bees build tomb ixteiislvcly utul tonsiruet n vv eomb tur ull tho surplus honi) the) clore, besides truod eomb for all tlu new swarms Decs cousumo len or twelve I ounds nf honey lo produce one pound of wux or hoiie)comb so that it ma) easily be seen the saving of hone) in furnishing furnish-ing the hoes comb or foundation comb there is nothing perhaps that has doro iron to liuriase the prollts In b t k ep-Ing ep-Ing und made the munagt mi nt of be s In connection with the raivable eomb S)strm more complete than Ih tnv.iitlon of eomb founilatlm, savs A 11 lull With the use it comb foundation tra section lionev box was brought intu use, and the . nllre output of surplus comb honey Is thus storid Without eomb foun-dltloll foun-dltloll It would be Impossible to tints huii-lle huii-lle tomb 11 ine) The lire of roundnlloll for the brood eombs of Iho hive riuU no more be .11. pentad with than that of surplus sur-plus hone) nnl the terfectlon of the hive and Its management rlcpnds nlmoot mi-tlrel) mi-tlrel) on Its use Ivn ber keeper pr ten Is lo do without foundation comb ut Inn present tlnv for half the profits In til business depends in on it It will cost ttom bi lo cents to equip the brood department de-partment of the hive with foiinlatlnn comb onl a swarm of bees hived upon this will double Us value in less than half the lime it will take one that Is not thus furnished A swarm of beis hlvei in nn empl) hlvo without the names tilled with foundation comb 11 a thing of Iho past wllh the bee keener 1 rames of comb built on foundation will last for man) tears and do good service ser-vice Conbs should he well preserved nnd taken good care of and If Itees nro constanilv on them ih) will b properly preserved It Is combs thtt are not In use h) the bees tint go lo destruction from careless management and more loss In this respect occurs from moth worms Infecting them when not protected by t.'a he.es |