. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 368 THH bee-keeper's GUIDE; But as wax is to become so important, and as the above methods are slow, wasteful, and apt to give a poor quality of wax, specialists, and even amateurs who keep ten or twenty colonies of bees, may well procure a wax-extractor (Fig. 180). This is also a foreign invention, the first being made by Prof. Gerster, of Berne, Switzerland. These cost from five to seven Fig. Jones Wax-Extractor.—From D. A. Jones. dollars, are made of tin, are very convenient and admirable, and can be procured of any dealer in
. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 368 THH bee-keeper's GUIDE; But as wax is to become so important, and as the above methods are slow, wasteful, and apt to give a poor quality of wax, specialists, and even amateurs who keep ten or twenty colonies of bees, may well procure a wax-extractor (Fig. 180). This is also a foreign invention, the first being made by Prof. Gerster, of Berne, Switzerland. These cost from five to seven Fig. Jones Wax-Extractor.—From D. A. Jones. dollars, are made of tin, are very convenient and admirable, and can be procured of any dealer in apiarian supplies. The comb is placed in the perforated vessel, and this in the larger can, which is set on a kettle of boiling water. The clean, pure wax passes out the spout. Mr. Jones has improved the common wax-extractor (Fig. 181). This is what he says of it: " Put the extractor on the stove in the same manner as an ordinary pot, having beforehand filled the lower tank with water, and the perforated basket above the tank with broken. 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 : York
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