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. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 370 ThB BBB-KBEPER'S GtriDB ; thus far described, fail to secure all the wax from old, black combs, hence the WAX-PRBSS. This valuable invention was given us by Mr. Wm. W. Gary. Mr. C. A. Hatch says it will pay if one has one hundred pounds of wax to render. In old combs it will save ten percent or more. Mr. Hatch says two men will render three hundred pounds in one day. It is also a neat way. Neatness, despatch, thoroug'hness—surely, a grand trio. The press is used much as we use a cider-press to express apple-juice. Mr.
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 370 ThB BBB-KBEPER'S GtriDB ; thus far described, fail to secure all the wax from old, black combs, hence the WAX-PRBSS. This valuable invention was given us by Mr. Wm. W. Gary. Mr. C. A. Hatch says it will pay if one has one hundred pounds of wax to render. In old combs it will save ten percent or more. Mr. Hatch says two men will render three hundred pounds in one day. It is also a neat way. Neatness, despatch, thoroug'hness—surely, a grand trio. The press is used much as we use a cider-press to express apple-juice. Mr. Hatch uses a large kettle in which to melt Fig. 0^ Boardman Solar Wax-Extractor,—From A. I. Root Oo. the wax. This is done out-of-doors. About eight gallons of water are kept in the kettle. Only four other parts are needed. A frame with screw (Fig. 184), which may be turned down as seen in figure ; a tray about eighteen inches square with lip, a form fifteen inches square and four inches high, and the slotted rack, which Mr. Hatch makes of triangular pieces, such as he uses for the top-bars of his frames. These may be one-eighth of an inch apart. Of course, a good quality of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago. Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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