. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Post-Offlce at Obicago, 111., under Act of March 3,1879.) Pablished Monthly at 75 cents a Year, by George W. York & Co., 118 West Jackson Boulevard. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL, 1909 VoL XLIX—No. 4. Rendering Wax in an Oven Very commonly there are more ways than one of doing a thing, and one of the ways may be bad while another good. In that excellent work, "Wax Craft," the author very properly says that extracting wax in an oven can not be recommended, because of too
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1907, at the Post-Offlce at Obicago, 111., under Act of March 3,1879.) Pablished Monthly at 75 cents a Year, by George W. York & Co., 118 West Jackson Boulevard. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL, 1909 VoL XLIX—No. 4. Rendering Wax in an Oven Very commonly there are more ways than one of doing a thing, and one of the ways may be bad while another good. In that excellent work, "Wax Craft," the author very properly says that extracting wax in an oven can not be recommended, because of too great heat, as the temperature should in no case exceed 172 degrees. Evidently he has in mind that the oven door will be closed, and one can readily see the great danger of going beyond 172. But there is another way of extracting in an oven that may be commended to those who have only a small quantity to render, as follows: Take a dripping-pan with one corner split open; put it in the oven with the split corner projecting out so that the melted wax as it drips from the open corner may fall into a dish set beneath to catch it. Something must be put under the inside to raise it, so the melt- ed wax shall flow outward. As wrax melts at 143 degrees, it runs out before any danger of reaching 172 degrees, thus doing away with Mr. Cowan's ob- jection. For cappings and bur-combs the oven serves a good purpose, but, like the solar extractor, leaves in old combs some wax that can be got out by a press. Our Qoestion-Box and Its Limitation. The many expressions of appreciation of the question-box leave no doubt as to its serving well the purpose for which it is intended. Occasionally, however, some one expresses disappointment be- cause he has watched in vain for the clearing up of some point upon which he is in doubt. He seems to have some vague idea that the question-box is in- tended to give light upon all knotty points, whether any question is asked about them or not. He ought hardly
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