THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



that has rendered wax is acquainted with the 

 refuse on the bottom of the cakes. Some of 

 it is loose, and is ea>^il.v ^crajied oflF. This is 

 in the same condition itat the whole caPe 

 would have been if it had been heated only 

 just enonyh to melt, and given a good stir- 

 rintr. If you ever havp a cake of wax in this 

 condition, to remedy it imt the cake in some 

 water and hpat to the lioiling-point and boil 

 hard for fifteen minutps. then set off th<=^ 

 stove, disturbing it as little as ])ossible : 

 cover up so as to kepp in a melted state as 

 long as you cin. Let it stand for twenty- 

 four hours, when you can take off a cak" of 

 wax just as good as it ever was. Save all the 

 scraoings from the bottom of your cakes, 

 aTid try tliis You will get enough wax from 

 them every year to more than pay for Glean- 

 nif/.s. 



I wonder whether those who sav st^'am in- 

 jures wax have melted much that way. We 

 rendered about l.WO lbs. of wax from old 

 combs this la«t year, and challenL'e any one 

 to show as nice a lot. It was rendered by 

 <=teara at a pressure of eighty pound=, blow- 

 ing directly into the water containing the 

 combs. I don't kiiow of any way to *o'ke 

 wax that comes to us. that was rendered in 

 iron utensils, and make it yellow, unless it is 

 one of thoroughly boiling it in a'-idulated 

 water. The acid combines with the iron, 

 and sinks to the bottom with the water, 

 leaving the wax free from it, which made it 

 dark in color. 



One thing I should like to correct. The 

 acid does not carbonize or burn the organic 

 matter, hut combines with the iron, etc., 

 that is in the wax, also with the water, mak- 

 ing it easier for the water to so-ik into the 

 impurities. The hotter the water and wax, 

 the more ea«ily tho refuse will settle. In 

 re-deringold combs, if we would u«e some- 

 thing in the place of water that would soak 

 up the cocoons so as to make them heavier 

 than wax, the process of getting the wax 

 from the combs would be very simple. 



I have used wa'er and acid, half and half 

 by measure, on old combs, and have suc- 

 ceeded in getting all the refu=e cocoons and 

 everything else to settle : but on heatiiig to 

 get the wax to riso. the refuse would come to 

 the ton, caused by the steam from the boiler 

 condensing and rainebng with what water 

 was ther° before, and making the refuse 

 lighter. I now have another idea in my 

 head to trv. It is. to uinsh out the wax while 

 all i« boiling hot. I believe I have some- 

 thing that will work, and something that 

 every bee keeper can use. 



F. A. Salisbttrt. 



Syeaouse, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1892. 



[So far as our experience goos you are cor- 

 rect, although you are the first one to dis- 

 cover the plan to us. We may add, incident- 

 ally, that anv foundation, after having been 

 rolled, that is milky, instead of yellow and 

 transpa ent. may be brought to the latter 

 condition hv exposure to the rays of the snn 

 before a window for a few minutes, or by 

 exposure to artificial heat. Any foundation 

 th 't is u ed for exhiV)ition purposes can thus 

 he very much improved where otherwise it 

 might pass for a second grade.] " 



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