Gleanings in bee culture . xtracted honey so that it will notgranulate readily, I have been making someexperiments and think I have at least im-proved on all old methods. My old methodof tilling jars and then placing them in a hotbath till thoroughly heated before sealingwas slow, and even at the best there was alack of the sparkling brilliancy that can beobtained by heating in large quantities wherethere is a heavy pressure, obtained only in adeep tank. The pressure is an aid to havingair-cells rise: and when this is accomplishedwe retard granulation, and so prevent thatsoapy appearance that
Gleanings in bee culture . xtracted honey so that it will notgranulate readily, I have been making someexperiments and think I have at least im-proved on all old methods. My old methodof tilling jars and then placing them in a hotbath till thoroughly heated before sealingwas slow, and even at the best there was alack of the sparkling brilliancy that can beobtained by heating in large quantities wherethere is a heavy pressure, obtained only in adeep tank. The pressure is an aid to havingair-cells rise: and when this is accomplishedwe retard granulation, and so prevent thatsoapy appearance that occurs when jars areheated after being filled. Following my ideas in this line I have atwelve-gallon tank in which I have installeda copper coil of half-inch tubing. This coilrepresents many feet, and is closely woundnear the bottom of the tank, and continuesto the top of the tank as shown in the en-graving. The tank is 30 inches high and 13inches across, and is made of copper, nickel-plated. The tubing is tinned. I have a. IOUDEUS METHOD OF KEEPING LIQUID HONEY HOT WHILE FILLING BOTTLES. 1907 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 967 steam-generator on a gas-stove, which I con-nect with a rubber tube with the coil: andthe steam passing through the coil brings up,the temperature very rapidly. I do not usea thermometer at all; but one readily learnsto take care of the temperature by simplyplacing his hand on the side of the tank. Ifit indicates too much heat we simply turn offthe gas. We melt live-gallon cans by theusual hot-water method and empty theminto the tank through the strainer while this method we gain much time in heat-ing, and the coil method is then used to keepup the temperature of honey that has beenpreviously heated. My only fear was thatthe temperature of hot steam would be toohigh for the honey; but the outtit is givingperfect satisfaction, and we have increasedour speed fourfold over old methods. I have installed the system behind mycounter, where my customers can v
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