. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 120 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [November 1, 1876. slit in the face of the stage, being guided by stout wires fixed with studs, one of which is bent at right angles to indicate the number of holes to which the bees have access. THE WAX EXTRACTOR AND HONEY STRAINER. This machine will be readily understood by reference to the engraving. The bottom vessel is intended to contain water, which may be heated by boiling over a fire, or by immersion in a boiler or copper. In the latter case, if it be suspended on two cross sticks and the tap turned on
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 120 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [November 1, 1876. slit in the face of the stage, being guided by stout wires fixed with studs, one of which is bent at right angles to indicate the number of holes to which the bees have access. THE WAX EXTRACTOR AND HONEY STRAINER. This machine will be readily understood by reference to the engraving. The bottom vessel is intended to contain water, which may be heated by boiling over a fire, or by immersion in a boiler or copper. In the latter case, if it be suspended on two cross sticks and the tap turned on, the boiling water will find its level within it. The second vessel is of perforated tin, and into it are crammed the various pieces of comb (previously compressed as much as possible), and when it is nearly filled, it is sunk into the boiling water in the vessel just described. The plunger is then put into the inner vessel, and by gentle pressure, the wax will leave the comb and float on the top of the water within the first described vessel. To skim it off the top, vessel, No. 3, is required, which being slid down the rod of the plunger will displace all the floating wax &c. in the inner vessel, and force it to form a deep annular stratum which, as the skimmer jijt^. descends, will find its way through the perforations into the reservoir beneath them. As a honey-strainer, the thing is invaluable to prevent stickiness and mess; the crushed comb being put into the perforated tin vessel through which the honey will drain, and from which it can be drawn by the small tap. Should the honey in the crushed comb be too thick, from coldness or other cause, to run out, it may easily be liquefied by suspending the whole in hot water until warmed and rendered liquid, when it could be lifted out of the water and set running by the HONEY MARKETS—'THE GROCERS' JOURNAL.' The extraordinary yield of honey during the past season has more than ever demonstrated the necessity for incr
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