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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr. 1 



the piece when wrapped in nice clean trans- 

 parent paraffine paper. When put up 

 properly they look like dainty toilet soap, 

 and sell — they will move off among your 

 local customers without half trying-. 



If one wishes to cut honey up into bricks 



it, of course; but the honey, by its own 

 weight, squashed down and ran all over 

 every thing. The honey should be firm 

 enough to s'and up during the operation of 

 cutting, else you will be disgusted with the 

 whole business. 



FIG. 



-SLAB OF HONEY NEARLY CUT THROUGH BY THE WIRE. 



he must be careful to select a can in which 

 the honey is not mushy nor soft, but hard 

 and unyielding. This he can easily deter- 



As I have previously explained, where an 

 electric current can be procured to heat the 

 wire the cutting can be performed much 



mine by unscrewing the cap. In our early more easily, and the slabs or bricks will be 



FIG. 4. — SLAB OF HONEY CUT OFF. 



experiments we made the mistake once of 

 peeling the tin off from a cake of honey that 

 was semi- soft. Fig. 6 shows what kind of 

 a mess we got into. The wire went through 



as smooth and perfect geometrically as one 

 can desire. 



It is not too late in the season to try the 

 experiment with cans of solid caadied hon- 



