. Gleanings in bee culture . O. B. METCALFES WAY OF UNCAPPING WITH THE STEAM HEATED ol resting the end-bar of the frame on a nail-point, the projection of the top-bar Is set Into a one-inch hole In the cross-piece of the uncapplng-can. 274 GLT<]ANINGS IN BKE CULTUIIE May 1. ONE OF E. M. GIBSONS APtARIES IN IN WHICH THE HIVES STAND ON BENCHES. ping-knives. It is certainly a question oflocality; and if any cold-knife advocate doesnot believe it, let him come down here andput one of his sharji cold knives into one ofour well-ripened combs of alfalfa honey;and when he
. Gleanings in bee culture . O. B. METCALFES WAY OF UNCAPPING WITH THE STEAM HEATED ol resting the end-bar of the frame on a nail-point, the projection of the top-bar Is set Into a one-inch hole In the cross-piece of the uncapplng-can. 274 GLT<]ANINGS IN BKE CULTUIIE May 1. ONE OF E. M. GIBSONS APtARIES IN IN WHICH THE HIVES STAND ON BENCHES. ping-knives. It is certainly a question oflocality; and if any cold-knife advocate doesnot believe it, let him come down here andput one of his sharji cold knives into one ofour well-ripened combs of alfalfa honey;and when he gets it pulled out by sittingback on it good and hard, and then goesover and looks in the extractor and seeshoney hanging to the sides of the extractorin ropes of silvery silken-looking lbreadsthat merge together only very slowly into asolid mass, and then go rolling down thesides of the extractor in great balls, catch-ing the baskets here and there, he will nev-er go home and write an article on the useof a cold knife, for New Mexico bee-keep-ers at least. This fall, when we were doingour last extracting, I sat down by the gateof the extractor and touched the honey asit crept out, and it was so thick that it didnot stick to my finger at all. How wouldyou like to uncap that sort of
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