BEESWAX 



The making of beeswax by the bees is a 

 very delicate and wonderful process, and if 

 you will open a hive in the height of the honey 

 flow when the bees are at work, a lot of the 

 little disks will be found on the bottom board 

 of the hive, and when examined under the 

 microscope they are really beautiful. Before 

 secreting wax, the bees fill themselves with 

 honey and then hang in clusters in their 

 hives; and by generating heat they are able 

 to convert the honey into wax, which as small 

 disks protrudes from the little wax scales 

 located on the under side of the abdomen of 

 the bee. 



Pattern-makers, machinists, and manufac- 

 turers of shoe and furniture polish are ready 

 to purchase at a good figure unlimited quanti- 

 ties of pure beeswax, so it can be readily 

 seen that there is a great demand for it, and 

 the careful beekeeper will make it z, point 

 to save every particle, melting and rendering 

 it into commercial form at his convenience. 



It seems unfortunate that progressive meth- 

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