. Dadant system of beekeeping. Bees. DADANT SYSTEM OF BEEKEEPING 83 able feature of the newly discovered method. We had no utensils for handling the honey and cappings. A butcher knife, later a thin-bladed knife, served as uncapping knife, and we can still remember the relief brought to the work by the invention of the Bingham knife, whose beveled edge kept the cappings from sticking again to the combs, after having been shaved off. An ordinary dishpan served us for several seasons, as a capping can. This had to be emptied, every few hours, into a sieve with side-boards, draining over a 5-gall
. Dadant system of beekeeping. Bees. DADANT SYSTEM OF BEEKEEPING 83 able feature of the newly discovered method. We had no utensils for handling the honey and cappings. A butcher knife, later a thin-bladed knife, served as uncapping knife, and we can still remember the relief brought to the work by the invention of the Bingham knife, whose beveled edge kept the cappings from sticking again to the combs, after having been shaved off. An ordinary dishpan served us for several seasons, as a capping can. This had to be emptied, every few hours, into a sieve with side-boards, draining over a 5-gallon earthen jar. After 4 or 5 years of this infantile and ridiculous method, or lack of method, we decided to have a large strainer built which would hold the cappings of a whole day's extracting. Manu- facturers of honey extractors had then come into being and we ordered from one of them a can of the same size as an extractor can, with another can in- side of it. The latter can had a screen instead of a bottom and was ten inches shallower than the outer can, its bottom resting on a pivot in the center of the outer can and its upper edge on the inner edge of it. This was the "capping can," named "Dadant un- capping can" by dealers, which is now often replaced by a long trough with double screened bottom in the honey house. We prefer the capping can to any- other implement for hold- ing cappings, because it may be transported like an extractor, because it is light and easily cleaned. Some such implement. Fig. 41. The Original Capping can is still in use in the Dadant Apiaries. 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 Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , American Bee Journal
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