. Gleanings in bee culture . nds its wav into the honev. most of themoisture being absorbed bv the air in theroom. However, if a small boiler were usedto furnish steam and all the water in that boiler were poured into the honey and cap-pings during the time that amount of waterin the boiler would have furnished steamfor uncapping, I do not believe the honeywould be thinned enough to be noticeableeven when testing with a hydrometer; andit must be remembered, as pointed out be-fore, that only a very small part of thewater in this boiler actually finds its wayinto the honey. We have tested severa
. Gleanings in bee culture . nds its wav into the honev. most of themoisture being absorbed bv the air in theroom. However, if a small boiler were usedto furnish steam and all the water in that boiler were poured into the honey and cap-pings during the time that amount of waterin the boiler would have furnished steamfor uncapping, I do not believe the honeywould be thinned enough to be noticeableeven when testing with a hydrometer; andit must be remembered, as pointed out be-fore, that only a very small part of thewater in this boiler actually finds its wayinto the honey. We have tested several different forms ofelectrically heated uncapping-knifes, but wehave never yet succeeded in getting an ele-ment that will remain hot when submergedin cold honey and still not almost instantlyoverheat and even burn out after the bladepasses through the comb, especially if thereis a momentary delay while one is reachingfor another coiub. In case of a steam knifethere is no difficulty in keeping the temper-ature alwavs Fig. 4 —H. M. West of Parma, Idaho, tried press-ing the honey out of cold cappings, but with thethick, honey it is a very slow West elevates on(! end of his capping warm-er so thiit the cappings slide over into, the pressunmelted. The honey, however, is heated enough sothat it presses out easily. The Honey-pump. The question has often been asked wheth-er the honey-pump does not introduce airinto the honey. Yes, under some circum-stances, it does, but most of the air is in-troduced in the extractor. When the honeyis quite thick a strong light reveals honeyflying to the side of the can in streams so finethat it resembles a mist. The thicker thehoney, the more the air is mixed with this reason it is advisable to extractcombs that are warm. If the weather is nothot at the time the extracting is done, theextracting room should be made hot by theuse of stoves, for the thinner the honey, inmy opinion, the less the air is introduced i
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