1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Anj^ one can do the same under the same con- 

 ditions. Follower, screw, and bar can easily 

 be remo%-ed, and are removed when combs are 



FIG. 3.— I.ONGITUDINAL. 



being rendered. Two motions place ready 

 for use, and the same removes it from posi- 

 tion when not needed. 



Four baskets should be used with this ma- 

 chine. While one or more are taken to be 

 cleaned, the extra one takes its place, so the 



FIG. 4. — BASKET. 



rendering can be carried on indefinitely. It 

 can also be used to great advantage in press- 

 ing the honey from uncappings. As they ac- 

 cumulate they are to be put into the baskets, 



and, when full pressure is applied, forcing the 

 honey rapidly out without any discoloration 

 whatever. 



Section Fig. 3 shows the machine cut through 

 the center, apparently. Fig. 2 shows the ex- 

 tension handles for handling the tank. In 

 Fig. 3, steam and odor escape to the stove at 

 6 and 7 ; water is supplied to the extractor 

 at 8 and 9 ; drip pan is at 5 ; 13, refuse ; 14, 

 follower ; 11, iron bar and screw ; 12, basket ; 

 15, release of bar from baskets. 



The baskets are made in a most substantial 

 way of extra heavy galvanized wire cloth, all 

 in one piece, united and soldered at the ends 

 to galvanized band iron. All are interchange- 

 able and self-spacing — as much so as our 

 frames. AA shows the holes in one end for 

 receiving press ; see Fig. 4. 



FIG. 6. — WAX REFINER AND BUCKET IN SHAPE. 



FIG. 8. — G. C. FERRIS WAX-BUCKET. 



The wax cakes, after coming from the ex- 

 tractor, are of all sizes and all shapes, due 

 largely, of course, to the abundance of water 

 used in rendering. The w?x at this stage 

 somewhat resembles dark maple sugar, having 

 a coarse granular appearance. We now scrape 

 all sediment from the bottom of the cakes, 

 and clean the tin buckets by placing them in 

 the oven of the stove long enough to get them 

 piping hot, when, with a clean piece of bur- 

 lap, they are wiped clean 

 easily. This is important, 

 as the wax will not be 

 clean should the buckets 

 be dirty. 



By a very simple con- 

 trivance as shown in Fig. 

 6, and illustrated more ful- 

 ly in Fig. 8, we take these 

 irregular, off-colored cakes 

 referred to, and, after 

 cleaning out the baskets 

 and extractor, we again 

 prepare as for rendering 

 wax. We place the wax- 

 refiner as shown in Fig. 6, 

 at 1, and bucket, so the 

 wax flows through 1 to 2, 

 When 2 is full it should 

 be taken away and another 

 put in its place. Wax in 



