COMB FOUNDATION MILL
Iron or steel mill with two honeycomb patterned rollers attached to a series of cogs and wheels within a black metal frame.
A curved metal handle is attached to the LHS and this has a timber handle.
A metal tray is attached under the rollers and there is another handle/roller out the front with a timber roller.
Associated with the Cook family, who had established an apiary at Coondle in the Toodyay district by 1902.
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The comb foundation mill is used for embossing plain and pure beeswax sheets with the exact cell outline of the honeycomb for fixing into the frames of a beehive.
Such embossed comb foundation sheets form a base for the bees to build up new combs, without them having to use their own resources to produce them from scratch.
