1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



27 



young's honey-cutter in use. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. 



A COMB-HONEY CUTTER. 



BY W. J. Y'OUNC. 



Every bee-keeper knows that bees, if given 

 plenty of room, are more contented, and more 

 likely to confine their efforts to the production of 

 honey rather than to swarming. I use a little 

 machine for cutting round pieces of comb honey 

 out ot combs and placing the same in glass jars 



so that I can produce comb honey without the 

 expense of comb-honey supers and sections. This 

 places the honey immediately in a package where 

 it is non-perishable and almost non breakable, 

 and where it shows off to the very best advantage. 

 As will be seen from the illustration, the device 

 works very much on the plan of an ordinary cake 

 or biscuit cutter. 



In order to cut the honey it is necessary only 

 to lay the comb on a clean board or a tray made 



PLACING THE CAKES OF CUT HONEY IN THE JAR. 



