. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Production and Care of Beeswax 335. Fig. 139. — Double boiler for melting combs. will settle at the bottom in cooling and may be cut from the cake. A common method for melting combs and pieces of wax is by the use of the solar wax extractor, the combs being put in a box covered with glass and the heat of the sun, being confined by the glass, melts the wax, which runs into a lower compartment where it hardens. In Hawaii, the beekeepers have unusually large solar extractors to melt their cappi
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Production and Care of Beeswax 335. Fig. 139. — Double boiler for melting combs. will settle at the bottom in cooling and may be cut from the cake. A common method for melting combs and pieces of wax is by the use of the solar wax extractor, the combs being put in a box covered with glass and the heat of the sun, being confined by the glass, melts the wax, which runs into a lower compartment where it hardens. In Hawaii, the beekeepers have unusually large solar extractors to melt their cappings as well as other pieces of comb. A more rapid method is to place the combs in a double boiler (Fig. 139), the combs being either hung on cross supports or thrown on a screen (like that in an uncapping tank) and as the wax melts it runs out a gate provided for the purpose. A efficient method is to boil combs in water and skim off the wax. Doctor Miller finds a dripping pan in the oven of the kitchen stove a good substitute for a solar extractor in the winter. Wax presses. These methods are satisfactory for clean combs, free from pollen, cocoons and other substances, but in the case of old combs much of the wax adheres to the cocoons and is not liberated. To render old combs they should (if the weather is cold) be broken up and then soaked in water after which they should be put into a sack, heated and pressed under strong pressure while hot. In this way most of the wax is removed from the cocoons. There are three types of press in common use. In the steam heated press the mass of comb is kept hot by steam generated below dur- ing the process of pressing out the wax, which drops down. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan comp
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