thealuminiumcorewaspassedthroughliquidwaxtogetacoatingonbothsides,withsomesortofplainrollerstocontroltheoverallthicknessofthesandwich.Followedbymillingthroughconventionalrollersandguillotiningtosize.
ThecellsizehasbeenmeasuredbyAllenDick...Hereports5.00mmexactly.ThedrawingatrightwasproducedfromoneofAllen'sphotos.TherearemoredetailsandaphotographonAllen'sdiarypagethatmentionsit'sdiscovery.
TheoriginalpicturesandtextwereprovidedbyAllenDickandBarryBirkey,Ihaverenderedthemtomimicthelayoutandstyle,oftheoriginaladvertisementthatappearedintheNovember1959issueofBeeCulture,onthebackcover.Idonotknowifthismaterialisstillmanufactured.
TheonlyconcernsthatIhaveabouttheuseofthistypeoffoundationarefirstlythataluminiumisareactivemetalthatwouldtaintanyhoneythatitcameintocontactwith,whetherthebeeswouldrepairawaxfilmthatwasdamagedissomethingthatIamunsureof(Iwouldhopethatitwasthecase).
SecondlyIamconcernedthatthebeesareunabletonibble'popholes'init.湖北天马养蜂场,加我们的微信一起学养蜂。
Othershavecommentedthatthealuminium,beingagoodconductor,willremoveheatfromawintercluster.Iamoftheopinionthatthethicknessofthealuminiumcorematerialisminimalandsotheconductionpathhasahighresistancetoheatflow,andasthecoolerextremitiesofthecombwillbeinsulatedbythelayersofcellsthatcontainstillair,sothatshouldnotbeabigproblem,maybesomeonewhohasdirectexperienceofit'susecancomment?
On5thApril2002IcannowaddthatAllenhasmeasuredthethicknessofmaterialusedforthealuminiumcoreandthatitis0.125mm(0.005").FurthertothisBrianCramptellsmethathehasasampleoftheactualmaterial...IwillbemeetingBrianoverthenextfewdaysandIwillreportfurtherafterhandlingit.