. Gleanings in bee culture. ber, in conclusion, that he whotooteth not his own horn, the same shall notbe tooted. LIOUEFYING-APPARATUS—SEE FIG. 1. In presenting to the readers of Gleaningsa photo of my liquefying-apparatus I havetried to make it conform as nearly as possibleto the requirements of the average I usually liquefy on a gasoline-range, the cut shows 500 lbs. of candied hon-ey li-^uefying, without interfering with thepreparation of meals. Two 60-lb. cans areplaced in two common wash-boilers, then filledwith water, and heated gradually. After allthe honey in the ca
. Gleanings in bee culture. ber, in conclusion, that he whotooteth not his own horn, the same shall notbe tooted. LIOUEFYING-APPARATUS—SEE FIG. 1. In presenting to the readers of Gleaningsa photo of my liquefying-apparatus I havetried to make it conform as nearly as possibleto the requirements of the average I usually liquefy on a gasoline-range, the cut shows 500 lbs. of candied hon-ey li-^uefying, without interfering with thepreparation of meals. Two 60-lb. cans areplaced in two common wash-boilers, then filledwith water, and heated gradually. After allthe honey in the can is liquefied it is drawnoff into a Roots Novice extractor-can (withthe baskets and crank removed), by means ofa rubber hose, the can being covered to pre-vent foreign substances lodging therein. Ihad a Muth ten-gallon filling-can, but I likethe extractor better as it has a much largerhoney-gate, which is very essential in rapidfilling. If the honey is cold, the flow can notbe cut off a third as fast; therefore with hon-. FIG. 3.—LABELING AND TINFOILING WITH A CAPPING-STRAP (TINFOILING SHOWN AT LEFT). 190 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar 1 ey at about 140 to 150° Fa., and a large honey-gate, we attain the maximum of rapidity infilling. Besides, I found, at least in my ex-perience, that, in filling with cold honey, alarge number of air-bubbles formed, thus pre-venting our getting the desired amount in thebottles. It would also run over the sides whenheated to the right degree. Of course, no one would attempt to seal un-til the bubbles had risen to the surface, whichthey will do in a few minutes with hot the honey is then sealed, and either dippedor corks sunk, and any kind of good sealing-wax poured on, thus effecting a hermeticalsealing, the honey contracts when it gets cold,thus causing the much-talked-of vacuum, es-pecially if a tinfoil cap is properly applied,making it absolutely air-tight. I found, only the other day, 2-lb. Muth jarswhich had been waxed, that ca
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