. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 358 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 9, 1897. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. Taken at the Mid-Lothian Asylum, Rosslyn Castle, for the week ending Sunday, September 5, 1897 :— Mean Height of Barometer 29'531 Mean Temperature 57- Highest Point of Thermometer (August 31) 65- Lowest Point of Thermometer (September 4) 34- Mean Dew Point of Temperature ... 494 Solar Radiation 71-6 Terrestrial Radiation 36-7 Rainfall in Seven Days 1-43 General Direction of Wind W. NOVELTIES FOR 1897. THE NEW " RAITT HONEY ; (Patent applied for.) Mr.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 358 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Sept. 9, 1897. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. Taken at the Mid-Lothian Asylum, Rosslyn Castle, for the week ending Sunday, September 5, 1897 :— Mean Height of Barometer 29'531 Mean Temperature 57- Highest Point of Thermometer (August 31) 65- Lowest Point of Thermometer (September 4) 34- Mean Dew Point of Temperature ... 494 Solar Radiation 71-6 Terrestrial Radiation 36-7 Rainfall in Seven Days 1-43 General Direction of Wind W. NOVELTIES FOR 1897. THE NEW " RAITT HONEY ; (Patent applied for.) Mr. Meadows, who has just introduced the above novelty to the notice of bee-keepers, writes of it as under:—"This is an entirely new departure in honey presses, and without doubt the simplest and best ever made. The honey is squeezed out between perfo- rated corrugated plates, the pres- sure commencing at the bottom, the honey being gradually forced through the perforations in its upward movement. "A shallow-frame as taken from the hive can be placed intact into the press ; the comb and honey is taken out by pressure, leaving the frame whole and free from either honey or wax. During the ' pressing ' the honey is allowed to run into the tin receiver, after which a loose per- forated drainer slides under the press to receive the wax, &c., upon the press being opened. When this is done the wax is scraped off the plates with a serrated scraper (sent with each press), the tray again slides back, and the press is again ready for use. " This appliance is the result of very exhaustive trials, and is guaranteed to answer all that is claimed for ; if possible, for with this temperature the honey will be thickening and growing better in the cells, which will give it a fine appearance, instead of that watery, unattractive look which will soon come to comb honey that is stored in a cellar, or other damp, cool place. Some bee-keepers work hard all the seasDU to sec
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