. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. I. Fig. 2. tweeu the board and the wax, then take it out and turn over. (See Fig. 2.) This causes the melted wax to spread over the board uniformly, and insures a very regular sheet. As soon as the wax loses its transparency, I plunge the dip- ing-board and wax into a vat of warmer water, which causes the sheet to come off" of itself, and with less danger of cracking than by cooling off' in the comparative!)' cold air. In cooling off, the wax-sheet shrinks, and unless it can, so to speak, glide on the dipping-board, it will crack. When I fir
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. I. Fig. 2. tweeu the board and the wax, then take it out and turn over. (See Fig. 2.) This causes the melted wax to spread over the board uniformly, and insures a very regular sheet. As soon as the wax loses its transparency, I plunge the dip- ing-board and wax into a vat of warmer water, which causes the sheet to come off" of itself, and with less danger of cracking than by cooling off' in the comparative!)' cold air. In cooling off, the wax-sheet shrinks, and unless it can, so to speak, glide on the dipping-board, it will crack. When I first began I noticed that the cracking was invariably in a certain place, and in a certain direction, showing clearly that it was due to a defect in the wood. It is necessar)' to have the dipping-board made of fine-grained, perfect wood kept as smooth as possible. I have not yet tried any substitute for wood. Whatever material may be used should be porous, so as to retain water (otherwise the sheets would not come off), and be as smooth as possible so as to permit the contraction that takes place when the wax cools off. The wax can be melted in a vessel, or rather a tank of tin ; this .to be placed in another of sheet iron containing. Fig- 3- water kept boiling all the time. I find that a little water in the vessel containing the wax helps to melt it more rapidly. A tank or vat can be made of tin or sheet-iron without soldering or riveting, by folding the corners as shown in Fig. 3, but it would be difficult to describe the process. SECTION SUPPORTS ON FENCE SEPARATORS. Somebody spoke about nailing- buttons (I suppose square pieces) of tin under the fence separators to support the sections in the supers, and dispense with T tins and other contrivances to support the sections. I wish to say that the ordinary tin is too weak, but the galvanized iron, 26 guage, used on buildings for gutters and cornices, would be strong and stiff enough for the purpose. Scraps of it can be procured
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