. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 20 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Jan. 11 1900. and he was always saving every little bit of comb, brace- combs, little spurs from the covers, etc., and all thrown into a box kept in a convenient place for the purpose. It is said that example is more lasting- than counsel, and in this case it seems to be verified, for I have faithfully followed his ex- ample, while if he had given it to me in the form of advice, I would have forgotten it the next day. Altho some people at the present day put tlieir old combs into a sack, the sack into a washboiler, and the boi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 20 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Jan. 11 1900. and he was always saving every little bit of comb, brace- combs, little spurs from the covers, etc., and all thrown into a box kept in a convenient place for the purpose. It is said that example is more lasting- than counsel, and in this case it seems to be verified, for I have faithfully followed his ex- ample, while if he had given it to me in the form of advice, I would have forgotten it the next day. Altho some people at the present day put tlieir old combs into a sack, the sack into a washboiler, and the boiler upon the kitchen stove, and boil, the majority of them re- sort to more improved methods. The solar wax-extractor seems to be in the line of pro- gression, and improvements are reported from Florida and Colorado. Furtlier improvements may be expected, until there will be nothing for boilers or presses to do. There is at present a revival of the press method. It is right and proper to make improvements, but the press was in use in the Grimes apiary 15 years ago. If it will get out another pellet of wax it is well to use sunshine, water and pressure; the pellets make ounces, the ounces pounds, pounds dollars, and dollars clothing and food for our person. The Grimes family are pleased to observe that the old steam-stove wax-extractor is relegated to the relic heap, for of all slow-working vexations, and utterly useless things for an extensive bee-keeper, it was the worst. To get the most wax from an apiary, it pays occa- sionally to scrape the frames, honey-boards, and the inside of the hives, and. when old frames are broken up, to be sure they make fine kindling wood, but before using them for that purpose they should be boiled—there is much wax sticking to old frames even after they are scraped seem- ingly clean. And here one of the boys at my elbow irreverently re- marks that I had better advise bee-keepers to boil all the dead bees. That might be a good plan for certain
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