Gleanings in bee culture . 350 lbs. of wax from the cappings from .^5,000 lbs. of honey—one pound of capping wax to 100 of honey extracted. 378 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sawing: bee in Ontario fall, when extracting buckwheat hone}-. Butas a two-burner stove of this pattern costsless than a dollar, one can easily use thelarger size if desired. The cappings areallowed to drop into the regular style ofuncapping-can, and after draining well areleft to be attended to in winter season, whenwe are not so busy. They are then eitherwashed and the sweet water used to makevinegar, or else the capping-s a
Gleanings in bee culture . 350 lbs. of wax from the cappings from .^5,000 lbs. of honey—one pound of capping wax to 100 of honey extracted. 378 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Sawing: bee in Ontario fall, when extracting buckwheat hone}-. Butas a two-burner stove of this pattern costsless than a dollar, one can easily use thelarger size if desired. The cappings areallowed to drop into the regular style ofuncapping-can, and after draining well areleft to be attended to in winter season, whenwe are not so busy. They are then eitherwashed and the sweet water used to makevinegar, or else the capping-s are run throughthe capping-melter; and the honey is thensold with the buckwheat crop the followingseason. The picture shows 350 lbs. of wax thatwe have just run through the Hatch-Gemmi]piess, being the product from the cappingsfrom 35,000 lbs. of honey. Although thecappings were pretty well drained lastsummer, when running them through themelter this winter we got about 600 lbs. ofhoney. Really it was a surprise to us as towhere it all came from. It has a cookedtaste; but that from the clover is not a badhoney after all. It will be used for honeyvinegar in the spr
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