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GLEANINGS IN BEE OULTUKK 



the honey, wax, and refuse. A watenvay of 

 fully half an inch is below the spout. A 

 screw cap lets Avater out of the melter with- 

 out tipping it up. 



Fig. 1. — Top view of P. J. Severin's new capping- 

 melter, showing the tubes. 



The outside is made of heavy Teuton 

 iron resembling galvanized iron, and will 

 resist rust and wear longer than galvanized 

 iron. 



The tubes are made of seamless brass tub- 

 ing, above and below, and are soldered into 

 sheets of heavy tinned copper. The parti- 

 tion catching honey, wax, and slumgum, is 

 also of heavy tinned copper. The tubes are 

 well covered with hot wax and honey as 

 soon as made. These holes are well rimmed 

 out smooth so the capping's and honey will 

 pass through as soon as melted. Having a 

 flat melting surface it melts very rapidly, 

 and will not run down as with a sun-extract- 

 or when tilted too much. Tliis melter is 

 supposed to stand level. A flat wooden 

 paddle is used to scrape back and forth the 

 refuse if one is cutting many dark tough 

 combs. I have taken old black combs, brok- 



Fi?. 2. — Severin's 1011 <;ppnrntnr n'^semMofl 



en them loose from the frame, laid them 

 flat in the bottom of the melter, and then 

 uncapped in the clear place, and in a verj- 

 short time I could take the paddle and pull 

 it through the comb when it would break 

 and crumble up as if the sun had hit it in a 

 good solar extractor. This could not be 

 done with the V-shaped tubes in the old 

 melter, as that melted on the V edges first, 

 and the full amount of heat could not hit 

 the comb as with the 1914 melter. 



This melter is by far the best I have ever 

 used, seen, or read about; in fact, it is the 

 result of my long experience in the use of 

 different melters, and in seeing other de- 

 signs in use. 



THE NEW SEPARATOR. 



The new separator is also constructed 

 differently from the one of 1911. Fig. 2 

 shows the separator completely assembled,, 

 and Fig. 3 the separate parts excepting one 

 wax-pan. 



The separator consists of three parts, all 

 made of Teuton iron^the outside pan, the 

 slumg-um-basket, and the wax-pans. The 

 engiavings give a good idea of what these 

 parts are and how they are constructed. 



The outside pan is 27 x 17 inches. The 

 comi^artment for the slumgum-basket is 5 

 inches wide, and as long as the pan is wide. 

 The slumgum-basket is 4 x 161/2 inches, hav- 

 ing one-inch play to allow it to be slipped 

 away from under the spout of the melter 

 when necessary to empty it, without moving 

 the melter or separator. The contents can 

 be damped in an old box; and later, after 

 the season, put through a wax-press or 

 dumped immediately into a solar extractor. 

 The basket follows the shape of the outside 

 pan. The whole separator is very easy to 

 dump, and is self-cleaning. 



Tf for any reason one is careless, or 

 wishes to run lots of honey through the 

 separator quickly, it will start little driz- 

 zling specks of dirt 

 from the contents of 

 the basket, which will 

 go into the wax-pan. 

 In this case it would 

 be better to put a piece 

 of cheese-cloth inside 

 the basket to catch all 

 such specks of dirt. If 

 left alone, and run as 

 intended, just as every 

 thing comes from the 

 knives, the wa^^ cake 

 will be a bright, clean, 

 yellow wax. The ope- 

 rator can melt comb 

 honey, chunks, or cakes 



