. Gleanings in bee culture . ombs,then reverse the baskets, and, while themachine is still spinning, uncap two more,which completes the four for the next loadin the extractor. At this point I take outthe four empty combs in the extractor, andput them in the super ready to receive them,then continue with the whole load in thesame way. When I return with the nextload, the first cappings are all melted, andthe knives are good and hot for the rest ofthe day. After the second load, and fromthen on, the melter heats the cappings sofast that, when I get through with the lastcomb, it is nearly dry, so
. Gleanings in bee culture . ombs,then reverse the baskets, and, while themachine is still spinning, uncap two more,which completes the four for the next loadin the extractor. At this point I take outthe four empty combs in the extractor, andput them in the super ready to receive them,then continue with the whole load in thesame way. When I return with the nextload, the first cappings are all melted, andthe knives are good and hot for the rest ofthe day. After the second load, and fromthen on, the melter heats the cappings sofast that, when I get through with the lastcomb, it is nearly dry, so that I have toturn down the fire a little to keep it fromboiling over. There is thus nothing to doexcept to bring in the honey, uncap it, andextract, all the honey, wax, and slumgumbeing taken care of safely and automatical- ly- The separator holds more wax than I canuncap in ten or eleven hours. I begin whenevery super is sealed two-thirds or quite best days work was when, without help, 694 Gleanings in Bee Culture. Another view of one of the yards: the colonies are often left in these cases until clover-bloom. I extracted o5 ten-frame supers of honey,getting, in the ten hovirs, 13 cases of honeyand 15 lbs. of wax, or a little over one poundto the case. Mr. (ileorge averages 22 lbs. ofwax to a ton of honey. We use eight combsin a ten-frame super, and uncap deep. By the extractor in Fig. 2 will be noticedfive large cakes of fine yellow marketablewax without a particle of dirt in it, just as itcame from the separator. San Diego, Cal. THE OUTSIDE WINTERING OF BEES. BY K. F. HOLTERMANN. At this date, Oct. 26, my bees have beenin winter quarters, and ready for winter, forover three weeks, and I have for that lengthof time turned my back upon them andtheir care, perfectly confident that theyneed no further attention until April, unlessa thaw should set in and the melting snow
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