Gleanings in bee culture . efer to Mr. H. R. Board-man, of East Townsend, Ohio. He has thereputation of bringing his bees through thewinter every year in good shape.—Ed.] AVAX-RENDERING. A Brief History of Different 3Iethods, In-cluding the Use of Wax-presses; theHatch-Genimil Press and WhatCan be Expected from it. BY H. H. ROOT. Continued from last will now take up the actual plan ofwoiking this form of press. Since there isno heat applied to the combs during thepressing, it is well to do the work in warmweather or in some room that can be keptwarm by the heat of the stove used; for
Gleanings in bee culture . efer to Mr. H. R. Board-man, of East Townsend, Ohio. He has thereputation of bringing his bees through thewinter every year in good shape.—Ed.] AVAX-RENDERING. A Brief History of Different 3Iethods, In-cluding the Use of Wax-presses; theHatch-Genimil Press and WhatCan be Expected from it. BY H. H. ROOT. Continued from last will now take up the actual plan ofwoiking this form of press. Since there isno heat applied to the combs during thepressing, it is well to do the work in warmweather or in some room that can be keptwarm by the heat of the stove used; for whenthe air is cold, or when the wind is blowing,the wax has a tendency to become chilled,and the work is hindered. In warm weath-er, or in a warm room there need be no chill-ing if the work is properly done. It would 102 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Jan, 15 be a good plan to have all the apparatus ar-ranged in order — that is, have the pressnear the stove and a large can for holdingthe hot water and melted wax, after it. Fig. 5.—Showing can slid forward on the platformand the hurlap spread out ready for the melted combs- comes from the press, near both. An ordi-nary wash-boiler on a stove may be used formelting up the comb; or a faster work canbe done if there are two such boilers — thesecond one to be used for heating fresh comb,while that which has already been melted inthe first one is being rendered. The press should stand as near the boileras possible in order to avoid the drip whenthe melted comb is dipped from the boilerinto the press. A cleat should be nailed eachside of the press (Fig. 4) to keep it from twist-ing aiound out of place when the screw isturned down, and still allow it to be tippedup on edge when necessary, to let the waxand water drain out. It is best to have theback of the press a little higher than thefront at all times. To begin the work, pour about two pail-fuls of water into the boiler and set it on thestove. As this comes to a boil, keep addi
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