1901 



GLKANINGS IN BEK CUl^TURK. 



637 



THE ROOT GERMAN STEAM WAX-PRESS. 



BY E. R. ROOT. 



We have been making and selling for two 

 months back a steam wax-press that embod- 

 ies all the best features of the most improved 

 German machines that have given such ex- 

 cellent results for the last ten or twelve years. 

 The illustration herewith shows the complete 

 machine as we now make it. It is all metal, 

 galvanized, and is strongly built. The cover 

 is of cast iron, ribbed and braced, and is held 



particle of wax is pressed out. The basket is 

 dumped, and the operation is repeated as be- 

 fore. 



It is advisable to use a sheet of burlap or 

 cheese-cloth to line the inside of the basket 

 during the process of rendering, otherwise 

 the cocoons will be forced between the meshes 

 of the coarse wire cloth. A finer mesh of 

 cloth would not stand the enormous pressure. 



securely in position by four thumb-screw lugs. 

 Through this head passes a powerful screw; 

 and on the end of this screw a plunger plate 

 is pivoted. The basket is made of strong 

 heavy galvanized wire cloth, and is securely 

 hooped and riveted. To stand the enormous 

 pressure of this screw a cast-iron spider is riv- 

 eted inside of the can, about 8 inches from 

 the bottom. 



To use, the can is placed on a common 

 stove, and is filled with about 3 inches of 

 water. The wire-cloth basket is filled with 

 old comb, slumgum, or any wax refuse. The 

 water is brought to a boil, when the basket 

 with its contents is set down into the can. 

 The handle is unscrewed until the pressure- 

 plate rests against the cover plate. This is 

 then set down on top of the can, and the wa- 

 ter is allowed to boil. The steam generated 

 passes all through the mass, and when the wax 

 in the basket settles down, more refuse is put 

 in. After all the free wax is steamed out, the 

 screw and plunger-plate are turned down. One 

 person grasps the two handles of the can, and 

 another one turns the screw down until a 

 tight squeeze is exerted. It is then left for a 

 little while when another squeeze is applied, 

 and so alternately for a period of 15 or 20 

 minutes. The screw is then raised up, and 

 the slumgum is poked over with a stick, and 

 again pressure is applied. By this time every 



and hence burlap or cheese-cloth in connection 

 with a coarse wire cloth should be used. 



This machine is large enough to hold about 

 a bushel and a quarter of comb at a time ; and 

 in connection with a solar wax-extractor it 

 will handle the product of from 500 to 1000 

 colonits. 



MARKETING HONEY, 



Fumigaling with Bisulphide of Carbon. 

 BY EAKL C. WAI,KER. 



The marketing of honey is one of the most 

 important questions which confront the honey- 

 producer. Many bee-keepers are successful, 

 so far as producing honey is concerned, but 

 comparatively few are eminently successful in 

 marketing it. One may toil throughout the 

 season and obtain a big crop, and a really 

 fancy article of honey, but, through slipshod 

 methods in putting it up, will receive pay for 

 a second or a third class article. Too many 

 think that, as soon as their crop is taken off 

 from the hives, their season is over and their 

 work ended. They are utterly indifferent as 

 to how it is put up or how it should be mar- 

 keted so as to bring the highest price. 



When the producing season is over, the bee- 

 keeper's labor has really just begun. The 



