Gleanings in bee culture . A boiler for the steam-knife, made from a tea-kettle. about a quart of water. The spout was re-moved, and one from a common machinistsoil-can was soldered on instead. It wasplaced in a more upright position as willbe seen; and as it tapers toward the end,the rubber tube fits on closely. To keepsteam from leaking around the lid of thekettle, two or three thicknesses of cheese-cloth were put over the opening and thecover then pressed in. Small as this kettleis, once filling with water will last half aday. A single-burner oil-stove is used, andthis has given sufficient
Gleanings in bee culture . A boiler for the steam-knife, made from a tea-kettle. about a quart of water. The spout was re-moved, and one from a common machinistsoil-can was soldered on instead. It wasplaced in a more upright position as willbe seen; and as it tapers toward the end,the rubber tube fits on closely. To keepsteam from leaking around the lid of thekettle, two or three thicknesses of cheese-cloth were put over the opening and thecover then pressed in. Small as this kettleis, once filling with water will last half aday. A single-burner oil-stove is used, andthis has given sufficient heat, with the ex-ception of a couple of very cool days last. 350 lbs. of wax from the cappings from .^5,000 lbs. of honey—one pound of capping wax to 100 of honey extracted. 378 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE
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