. Gleanings in bee culture . A li;imly tuljle for scraping sections. Note the con-venient height for ease in working and the apronsattached to the ends, which keep the propolis fromthe operators clothes. roof or in an especially warm room, for thehoney to ripen, but we have found a drychamber to answer very well. If any wormsstart, i>lac-e in a close vessel and with it ateaspoonfiil or more of carbon disulphideand they will give us no more trouble. Scraping Propo-lis from Sections. Freeing s e c -tions of propolisis quite a taskwhen a largeamount of combhoney is pro-duced, and espe-cially s
. Gleanings in bee culture . A li;imly tuljle for scraping sections. Note the con-venient height for ease in working and the apronsattached to the ends, which keep the propolis fromthe operators clothes. roof or in an especially warm room, for thehoney to ripen, but we have found a drychamber to answer very well. If any wormsstart, i>lac-e in a close vessel and with it ateaspoonfiil or more of carbon disulphideand they will give us no more trouble. Scraping Propo-lis from Sections. Freeing s e c -tions of propolisis quite a taskwhen a largeamount of combhoney is pro-duced, and espe-cially so in somesections. We find it much worse in someyards than in others only a few miles clean sections of propolis in a closeroom full of flies, with the thermometer at. Knives suitable for scraping sections are difficultto find. These have blades about 2^2 inches long,straight edges with ends tapered to a sharp point. 85°, and the propolis sticking to the scrawl-ing knife, hands, clothes, chair and the floor,is no very pleasant job. We cannot always get rid of the heat, butan electric fan will relieve us of much dis-comfort, and all windows should bescreenedto keep out the flies. Paper laid over thefloor will save it from most of the propolisthat would otherwise stick to it. A com-fortable chair to sit in will prevent exces-sive weariness. A Convenient Scraping Table. A table just right, and made on purposefor this business, is a great help. It shouldbe high enough to come just above the kneesas one sits in the chair. The table I use istwo feet wide and three feet and threeinches long. Four-inch boards nailed to thesides help to keep the propolis on the , % by % inch, nailed on top ofthe table for the supers to rest on and keepthem
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