Gleanings in bee culture . ve them stacked upso we shall not know where to put them. MAY 27, .lUST four MINUTES OF 2 OCLOCK We hold the press, to announce that Mr. Gray hassucceeded in making a very fair sheet of fdn, bymeans of the rubber plates, in a wired frame. Thesheet is perhaps a little heavy, but as the bees willwoik it all into thin comb it is no loss at all, and weshall of course get it thinner as we proceed. Themetal corners are put on the frame after the sheet ismade in it. The price of the pair of rubber sheetsalone is $; mounted and hinged, $; and $ the whole
Gleanings in bee culture . ve them stacked upso we shall not know where to put them. MAY 27, .lUST four MINUTES OF 2 OCLOCK We hold the press, to announce that Mr. Gray hassucceeded in making a very fair sheet of fdn, bymeans of the rubber plates, in a wired frame. Thesheet is perhaps a little heavy, but as the bees willwoik it all into thin comb it is no loss at all, and weshall of course get it thinner as we proceed. Themetal corners are put on the frame after the sheet ismade in it. The price of the pair of rubber sheetsalone is $; mounted and hinged, $; and $ the whole apparatus for melting and distributingthe wax. This is for the L. frame, or any size thatcan be cut out of the L. frame. Small plates forstarters, etc., 5 cts. per sq. inch; the same mounted,a half more. Quite a brisk trade has sprung up in fhe , and as there has been so much inquiry as tohow a scale of this cnpacity could be made for sucha small sum of money, wo submit the engraving anddescription of it THE iil-LB. SCALE, FOR ONLY $ It is of the well-known Chatillon make, has bothplatform and scoop, as you see, full steel bearingiS,and the whole is neatly striped and from Vi oz. up to 244 lt>s. We have neverhad a complaint from anj^ we have sold. EXTR.\CTING WAX BY STEAM. From the 34 box-hive colonies, we of coin-se had iiconsiderable amount of old combs to render intowax. Well, a few ago friend D. A. Jones wroteabout extracting by steam. Perhaps it was morethan a month ago, but he writes so awful bad,that I have been almost that time in trying to readhis letter at odd spells, begging friend , after I got it read, and got the idea, I took avery Lirge honey-barrel and suspended in it, from ahoop at the top, a basket, made from queen-cigowire cloth. This was set right under a steam pipe,and after the steam was let on. all vou had to do wasto shovel in the combs. The business was done asfast as you poured them i
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