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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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after cleaning out the baskets we a«;ain 

 prepare as for rendering wax. Arrange 

 the refiner, as shown in No. 1. and clean 

 buckets so the vvax flows througli refiner 

 to bucket, 3. When this bucket is full 

 it should be taken away and another put 

 in its place. Wax in irregular cakes 

 sliould be put direct into the baskets 

 and run rapidly into buckets of uniform 

 shape, as shown in No. (3, Fig. 3. Cool- 



No. 6.— Wax Kefinek VVoukixg. 



ing bodies contract, so after filling the 

 buckets full evenly do not try to empty 

 them of wax until they cool sufBciently 

 to almost drop out, as they will .after a 

 time. The results are shown in No. 7 

 in regular size cakes of wax ready for ^_ 

 crating. !■ 



While rendering this pile of combs. ™ 

 many of them were white drone-combs 

 and new foundation that never had been 



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No. 7.— Wax Ready fok C'ijatini;. 



