. Gleanings in bee culture . If the honey is drawn ofTljefore thisis done, the plan does not work as well. To mash the cappings we use a small-sizedball-club with the lower end sawed off tomake it square. It takes only a few minutesto prepare them for straining. After the mashing and tVJrning, the cap- [This certainly looks like a i)ractical meth-od for sejiarating the honey from the caj)-pings. The i)lan of melting the cai)])ings asfast as they fall from the knife involves con-siderable ex])ense, to say nothing of the dis-comfort of working right over a two-burnergasoline-stove when the weath


. Gleanings in bee culture . If the honey is drawn ofTljefore thisis done, the plan does not work as well. To mash the cappings we use a small-sizedball-club with the lower end sawed off tomake it square. It takes only a few minutesto prepare them for straining. After the mashing and tVJrning, the cap- [This certainly looks like a i)ractical meth-od for sejiarating the honey from the caj)-pings. The i)lan of melting the cai)])ings asfast as they fall from the knife involves con-siderable ex])ense, to say nothing of the dis-comfort of working right over a two-burnergasoline-stove when the weather is alreadytoo hot to work to the best advantage. Then, moreover, it has not yet been defi-nitely determined that the separation byheat does not affect the flavor of honey inall cases. Our tests last summer seemed toshow that the capping-melter did not darkenor mar the quality of the honey. Friend phln is so simple and easilytried that we hoi)e some producers will tryit and report.—Ed.] 366 Gleanings in Bee Culture. June 15, 1911 367


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