. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 90 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER Ml 111 ^^ ,I^ATEmi]{](:]^' Xf'.. after cleaning out the baskets we a«;ain prepare as for rendering wax. Arrange the refiner, as shown in No. 1. and clean buckets so the vvax flows througli refiner to bucket, 3. When this bucket is full it should be taken away and another put in its place. Wax in irregular cakes sliould be put direct into the baskets and run rapidly into buckets of uniform shape, as shown in No. (3, Fig. 3. Cool- No. 6.—Wax Kefinek VVoukixg. ing bodies contract, so after filling the buckets full eve
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 90 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER Ml 111 ^^ ,I^ATEmi]{](:]^' Xf'.. after cleaning out the baskets we a«;ain prepare as for rendering wax. Arrange the refiner, as shown in No. 1. and clean buckets so the vvax flows througli refiner to bucket, 3. When this bucket is full it should be taken away and another put in its place. Wax in irregular cakes sliould be put direct into the baskets and run rapidly into buckets of uniform shape, as shown in No. (3, Fig. 3. Cool- No. 6.—Wax Kefinek VVoukixg. ing bodies contract, so after filling the buckets full evenly do not try to empty them of wax until they cool sufBciently to almost drop out, as they will .after a time. The results are shown in No. 7 in regular size cakes of wax ready for ^_ crating. !? While rendering this pile of combs. ™ many of them were white drone-combs and new foundation that never had been. 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 Falconer, N. Y. : W. T. Falconer Manfg. Co.
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