. 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. 469 WAX. always a good deal better if the work can be done in a basement or in a shed where it does not make so much difference if a little wax is spilled. If the work is done in a kitchen, the floor should be well covered with newspapers, which can afterward be taken up and burned. ^Vhen boiling comb in a boiler, great care should be exercised to prevent the wax from boiiing over on the stove and possibly causing a tire. When d
. 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. 469 WAX. always a good deal better if the work can be done in a basement or in a shed where it does not make so much difference if a little wax is spilled. If the work is done in a kitchen, the floor should be well covered with newspapers, which can afterward be taken up and burned. ^Vhen boiling comb in a boiler, great care should be exercised to prevent the wax from boiiing over on the stove and possibly causing a tire. When diseased combs are rendered, every precaution should be taken to prevent bees from robbing. If the building can not be made bee-tight, the work should be done at night, and every tool and utensil used should be thoroughly scalded again before daylight. The refuse from diseased combs should be bur-ned or buried immediately, and the water that was used should be poured where the bees can not possibly get access to it. HOW TO KENUER WAX WITH HOISIE- MA1>E APPLI- ANCES. The unheated press is not dithcult to con- struct, as there are no materials used that could not bo obtained easily. If one should have on hand an old lard- press he can make few changes and get along quite well by using it for rendering wax. See Fig. 18. Usually, however, the threads of the screw used in a laid-press are rather too coarse to give the pressure needed without making it necessary to exert a very great amount of strength in turning the screw. There are many erroneous ideas concerning the pres- sure which can be exerted by a screw. For instance, it is not the diameter of the screw that determines the pressure, but the pitch of the thread. Screws which can be lowered as much as half an inch in a single complete revolution will hardly be powerful enough for pressing out wax to the best advantage. It is better to have finer threads, so that less exertion is needed to do the work properly. If one wishes t
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