. Bees and honey : our 40th edition illustrated catalogue & price list, of implements for bee culture with directions for their use. A. I. Root Company; Bee culture. 1883 IMPLEMENTS IN BEE CULTURE. water in to prevent burning the wax, dip Into the deep tank as fast as the wajt is meliea. Malie 4 or 5 thin Doards ot seasoned maple, tne exact width when dry, you want your sheets. We use tdeni 'M niches long, as this makes two lengths lur the L. trame. They should be 54 or % Inches thick, and the edges rounded off to a blunt knife-edge. Have them thor- oughly water-soaked before using; the bo
. Bees and honey : our 40th edition illustrated catalogue & price list, of implements for bee culture with directions for their use. A. I. Root Company; Bee culture. 1883 IMPLEMENTS IN BEE CULTURE. water in to prevent burning the wax, dip Into the deep tank as fast as the wajt is meliea. Malie 4 or 5 thin Doards ot seasoned maple, tne exact width when dry, you want your sheets. We use tdeni 'M niches long, as this makes two lengths lur the L. trame. They should be 54 or % Inches thick, and the edges rounded off to a blunt knife-edge. Have them thor- oughly water-soaked before using; the boards will swell as much as tlie sheets will shrink. Wet the boards before dipping, but shake oti all the water you can. Put tne board in the wax as deep as it will go, and as soon as the wax stops dropping, dip the other end down. Dip all over tWice lor brood foundation and once for boxes, hold the board perfectly plumb while cooling; as soon as the wax stops dropping alter the last dip, set it one side and take another board. By the time you have dipped four the first will be ready to peel otf. It the boards are smot)ih and edges perftctly square, your sheets will need no tiimnitng.* When the wax begins to scum aiouud the edgts of the tank the temperature is right. If sheets crack in cooling, your wax is tvo hot. Thin paste made of cheap starch makes the best lu- bricator for the rolls that 1 know of. 1 THB MOST EXPEDITIOCS WAY OF FASTENING FDN. XS I THE SECTION BOXES, AND IN ANY KIND OF HONEY We will furnish dipping plates, as described above, made from clear siraignt-grained maple, for any width, for 4 cents pt-r inch in width. For starters, boaras 4 or 5 incbes wide are used, and two ot them may be dipptd in the tank at once. For Sirapiiciiy sections, each board will need to be about ci?^ lucbes, and every dipping makes 4 narrow sheets. HOW TO FASTEN SHEETS'OF FUN. IN THE BKOOD FRAMES. The melted-icax plan. Set a common small lamp in a tall box with one open side, h
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