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molds, he can, after it has hardened, 

 scrape off the adhering dirt, as suggested 

 by Mr. Dadant, but I greatly prefer the 

 the dipping process. 



In either rendering wax otherwise than 

 caps tliat contain more or less honey, or 

 purifying any that has already been ren- 

 dered, I use water in the wax dish, sub- 

 stantially as suggested by Alder Bros., 

 except that it is unnecessary to heat either 

 extractor or water before placing combs 

 in it, as the same heat that melts the wax 

 will heat the other things. I use about 

 an inch of water in the wax dish for two 

 purposes — to keep wax from sticking to 

 the dish, and having it in the dish makes 

 it much easier to dip off the melted wax. 



In one of the numbers of Gleanings 

 (Aug. 15, I think) in 1SS3 appears the 

 original article describing solar wax ex- 

 tractors, which article was the starting- 

 point of all the extractors now in use, 

 east of the Rocky Mountains, at least. 

 Attention was especially called to this 

 point, of the advantages of these extrac- 

 tors for the purifying of wax. I was at 

 first much puzzled to understand how 

 such an able, practical man as Mr. Dadant 

 could have overlooked this feature of the 

 sun extractor, until I thought of the fact 

 that his establishment is equipped with 

 as good a steam-purifying apparatus as 

 exists, and it is much easier for him to 

 use this than to fuss any other way with 

 small lots. To the ordinary ])ee-keepers, 

 however, who are the real users of these 

 extractors, my method of using them 

 will, I think, be much the best. 



[Accompanying the foregoing article 

 by Mr. Poppleton, was the request that ' 

 a proof of it to be forwarded to Mr. Da- 

 dant before publication, so that Mr. D.'s 

 comments might appear in the same 

 number with it. Here is what Mr. Da- 

 dant has to .say further: — Editor.] 



This article of Mr. Poppleton 's is ex- 

 cellent, and I can add nothing to it ex- 

 cept the instructions he gives. 



I will say, however, that in rendering 

 up residues, as we do here, where the 

 beeswax rendered has Ijeen water-dam- 

 aged, and has carried with it the very 

 lightest of the impurities, it is necessary 

 to still purify it with water, as the water 

 becomes loaded with much of the color- 

 ing-matter which would otherwise remain 

 in the wax, and we can obtain a better re- 

 sult than from the sun melting alone. I 



Allow me here, if I have not done it be- 

 fore, to criticise our manufactures of 

 sun extractors who use iron pans. The 

 iron discolors a great deal of beeswax be- 



fore it becomes sufficiently coated with it 

 to cease damaging it. ■ We have been 

 several times enabled to test this to our 

 entire satisfaction. The rust darkens the 

 wax, and no amount of sun melting would 

 remove this stain. Water alone can help 

 it. C. P. Dadant. 



In Notes From Foreign Bee Journals 

 for this month, this same point is brought 

 out, viz., that by having the di.sh of ren- 

 dered wax so placed that it will be kept 

 liquid by the sun, there will be given the 

 greatest opportunity possible for the im- 

 purities to settle. It is doubtless true 

 that the solar extractor mav be used to 

 advantage in rendering cappings and new 

 combs, and also that it can be so arranged 

 as to produce a high grade of wax. but 

 for getting the greatest amount of wax 

 out of old combs, water and pressure are 

 needed. 



Honey Quotations. 



The following rales for grading honey were 

 adopted by the North American Bee - Keepers' 

 Association, at ita Washington meeting, and, so 

 far as possible, quotations are made according 

 to tlieso rales. , 



Fancy.— All sections to be well filled; combs 

 straight, of even thickness, and firmly attached 

 to all four sides; both wood and comb nnsoilcd 

 by travel-stain, or otherwiso ; aU the colls sealed 

 except the row of cells next the wood. 



No. 1.— All sections well filled, bat combs un- 

 even or crooked, detached ut the bottom, or 

 with but few cells nnsealed ; both wood and 

 comb unsoiled by travel-stain or otherwise. 



In addition to this the honey is to be classified 

 according to color, nsiug the terms white, amber 

 and dark. That is, there wiU be " fancy white," 

 Mo. 1,. dark," etc. 



liANSAS CITY.— We have sevrral shipments 

 of new f>omb honey from Florida the first of 

 the season. We quote as follows: Fancy white, 

 12; No. 1 white, ll>^;faucy amber, lii}^; No. 1 

 amber, 10; white, extracted, b% ; amber.'S; dark, 

 4. Beeswax, i5. 



C. C. CLEMONS CO. 



June 29. .521 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. 



NEW YORK. -Our market is in very good 

 shape for the new crop of comb honey. We 

 have had several shipments of white comb hon- 

 ey from Florida, which have sold at from 10 t<) 

 113^ cents per pound. Market on Southern Ex- 

 tracted honey is very steady, tliere being a good 

 trade for the cheaper grades. We quote as fol- 

 lows: Ordinary at U) to Wl cents per gallon, 

 (rood at 55 to 60 per gallon. Florida, white, He. 

 New California is beginning to arrive. Bees- 

 wax market is quiet, prices ruling a little lower. 

 We quote pure beeswax at 26^^ to 27J4. Write 

 us for shipping instructions. 



FRANt^IS H. LEttGETT & CO., 

 July 23. W.Broadway. Franklin & Varick Sts 



