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The Doolittle is small and all right for a small apiary. 

 The Rauchfuss has a clever arrangement by which 

 the wax in flowing out overflows from one pan to 

 another and thus cleanses itself automatically. The 

 Boardman is especially adapted for large apiaries, 

 and is on rockers so that it may be tilted to face the 

 sun. The general plan of the Solar wax-extractor 

 is as follows : It consists of a shallow box lined with 

 sheet-iron on which is a frame for holding the comb 

 with a strainer below it, and a place where the wax 

 thus extracted is received. The box has a tight- 

 fitting glass cover, and all the woodwork on the box 

 is painted black so as to absorb all the heat possible. 

 The box is tilted so as to get the direct rays of the 

 sun, and it is important that the cover be of one pane 

 of glass, or several panes matched without cross 

 sash, as such sash interferes with the rays of the sun. 

 Here in the East this extractor works excellently 

 during the summer months. If the wax does not 

 look clean as it comes from the extractor, it may be 

 put through again. The only difficulty with the 

 Solar extractor is that here in the East it works only 

 in the summer time, and that it does not extract all 

 the wax from the refuse which bears the graphic and 

 euphonious name of "slumgum." 



THE SWISS WAX-EXTRACTOR 



There are many patent wax-extractors which are 

 run by the heat of a stove. The best of these utilise 

 steam for heating the wax, though some of them use 

 hot water in a sort of a modification of the old wash- 



