. 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. 462 WAX. screw, a lever had better be used as sliown, though some means will have to be employ- ed to keep It from falling over sidewise, such as a loop around a tree or post. In using a lever it is important to have it so adjusted that the pressure will be uniform and directly downward. Any pressure ex- erted from a point not directly over the ket- tle will result in pressing the refuse to one. tinned heat unless it is dipped f
. 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. 462 WAX. screw, a lever had better be used as sliown, though some means will have to be employ- ed to keep It from falling over sidewise, such as a loop around a tree or post. In using a lever it is important to have it so adjusted that the pressure will be uniform and directly downward. Any pressure ex- erted from a point not directly over the ket- tle will result in pressing the refuse to one. tinned heat unless it is dipped f)ff the sur- face of the water almost as fast as it rises. About three hours of intermittent pressure for one batch of combs in a kettle will ren- der out the wax. STEAM-rRESSES. Methods of rendering wax, embodying the principle of applying great pressure to combs surrounded by steam, are quite old, both in this country and in Germany, wliere they originated. In many ways steam-presses have advantages over otlier methods; but the quality of wax is usually not so good, because of the high temperature to which the compar- atively thin surfaces of melted wax are subjected; althougli the wax, as it leaves the refuse, falls down out of the way so that the work can be much more conveniently carried on, since there is no great depth of water in the way. A steam-press of popular design is shown in Fig. 7. Steam is gene- rated under the false bottom G, of the compartment H, and, passing upward through an opening in the center of the false bottom, sur- rounds the combs beneath the plunger in tlie perforated metal FIG. -HERSHISKR HOT-WATER WAX-PRESS side, so that the "cheese" will be very thin on one edge and very thick on the other. If this were the case there would, of course, be too much wax left in the thick portion. To get the best re- sults the cheeses should not be over an inch or an inch and a half thick after press- ing. Cleaner work can be done by an intermittent than
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