Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 6.—Marchants shade-board. This providesbetter ventilation than the ordinary flat shade-board. Jan. 15, 1912. Fig. 7.—Marchanf § scale hive. There ought to be a hive of thiskind in every large yard to keep tab on the honey flow, 49 The heat generated by amelter is also very uncom-fortable for the operator. I intend to use next sea-son a Townsend uncapping-box to be carrietl from oneyard to another. The cap-I)ings are to be taken fromthe box and left in a recep-tacle built for that i)urpose,one at each yard, in whichthe cai)pings can drain un-til the close of the
Gleanings in bee culture . Fig. 6.—Marchants shade-board. This providesbetter ventilation than the ordinary flat shade-board. Jan. 15, 1912. Fig. 7.—Marchanf § scale hive. There ought to be a hive of thiskind in every large yard to keep tab on the honey flow, 49 The heat generated by amelter is also very uncom-fortable for the operator. I intend to use next sea-son a Townsend uncapping-box to be carrietl from oneyard to another. The cap-I)ings are to be taken fromthe box and left in a recep-tacle built for that i)urpose,one at each yard, in whichthe cai)pings can drain un-til the close of the season,after which time they canbe collected and hauled tothe home yard, to be melt-ed up when time is notworth so much. If youknow of a better plan I shallbe under obligations to youif you will outline it to me. ianesville, Minn. [For some time we havebeen of the opinion that thesolution of the i)robem liesin draining the cappings inlarge tanks during the busi-est part of the season, andthen melting them up later,when they contain a rela-tively small amount ofhoney, and, too, when timeis less valuable.—Ed.] CAPPING-MELTERS NOT N
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