. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. WAX. 464 WAX. When rendering, the tanks are filled about half full of water brought to a boil by the steam. The larger compartment is then fllled with combs still in the frames. About 50 frames of combs can be put in at once. The cover is then shut down and the steam turned on. From three to five minutes is required to do the work, and when the contents are. ste:a BROWN'S WAX-PRESS FOR WHOLESALE WORK. boiling thoroughly the cover is
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. WAX. 464 WAX. When rendering, the tanks are filled about half full of water brought to a boil by the steam. The larger compartment is then fllled with combs still in the frames. About 50 frames of combs can be put in at once. The cover is then shut down and the steam turned on. From three to five minutes is required to do the work, and when the contents are. ste:a BROWN'S WAX-PRESS FOR WHOLESALE WORK. boiling thoroughly the cover is raised and the steam partly turned off, so that the frames may be swished about in the water and finally picked out with the pitchfork. The steam is ihen turned off, and the slumgum skimmed by means of the strainer into the small division of the tank, when a new hatch of frames containing combs may be put into the first or larger compartment. While one man works at melting up the combs and tending the fire under the boiler, the other is kept busy working the press. Tlie i-oom is so hot and full of steam that the operators can wear but few clothes, and even then it is rather hot work. The slumgum which is kept boiling is dipped from the small compartment of the tank into the bui lap in the press, and the wax is run directly into square cans or molds. The frames as they come from the tank are washed cleaner than they could be scraped with a knife, and from experiments which I have made they are entirely free from any disease. We have not been able to make it paj'to rerenderthe refuse from the press; but with what wax and pro polls are left in the clieeses they make good fuej and furnish nearly enough fire to keep up steam. The cheeses are dumped directly into the boiler- room, and are burned as fast as pressed. Duiing the year 1907 we rendered about 1500 lbs. of wax, and in 1908 nearly 1100 lbs., so we think we liave had quite an opportunity for testing the apparatus thoroughly.
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