GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



sun extractor. The press can then be put 

 on a fire and melted out right away if 

 desired. 



My method for outyards is to let cap- 

 pi ug's drain as long as I can, or perhaps 

 until the next extracting, then squeeze all 

 the honey I can get out of them. Sack 



Ihem up, and haul home. At the end of the 

 season, or whenever there is a slack time 

 during the season, I throw them into a large 

 vat with plenty of water and melt down, 

 and dip and strain it into molds at the rate 

 of 1000 lbs. a day, and the " mes3 " is over 

 with. 



Lompoc, Cal. 



USING THE SEVERIN SEPARATOR WITH THE PETERSON MELTER 



BY J. E. JORDAN 



IVax Tank ■ 

 OR Pan 

 Slots FOR Rob 



HonbyOutlet 



Ths Peterson melter and the Severin 

 separator are the best two articles which 1 

 have yet found to get all of the wax and 

 honey" from the cappings at extracting time. 

 To use the Severin separator with the 

 Peterson melter you must elevate the rear 

 of the melter so the melted cappings will 

 run to the outlet. If the outlet of the melt- 

 er is left as it is at present, small pieces of 

 unmelted cappings will run out and inlo 

 the wire basket of the 

 separator, and in time 

 will choke it up so it 

 will fail to work prop- 

 erly. In order to pre- 

 vent this I make a 

 framework of wood to 

 which I tack heavy wire 

 cloth (see No. 5), and 

 place this in the melter 

 across the patt where 

 the outlet begins to nar- 

 row. As the surface of 

 the melter bows up a 

 trifle, there will be a 

 small space at each end, 

 large enough to allow 

 melted wax and honey 

 lo escape, but narrow 

 enougli to keep back all 

 unmelted particles. 

 Pieces of cappings will 

 sometimes pack at the 

 outlet. In order to pre- 

 vent this 1 1 ave a small paddle liandy Avith 

 which lo rake them back every now and 

 then allowing the liquid to pass and go into 

 the separator basket. 



For the benctil of those not familiar with 

 the Severin separator I will give a brief 

 description of it. The specifications of it 

 have bseu given in Gleanings, but new 

 subscribei-s who missed that issue would 

 not have access to it. 



The separator is a tank of galvanized 

 steel, 2134 inches long, 101/2 inches wide, 

 914 inches deep. This is the outside lank. 

 There is a partition in one end 51/2 inches 

 from the end, which extends nearly to the 



bottom of the tank. The liquid from the 

 melter drops into the wire basket which 

 strains it, catching all of the dirt and slum- 

 gum. The honey, being heavier, goes to the 

 bottom and under the partition ; and, when 

 the pan is full, thru the square-lipped open- 

 ing at the further end. The wax, being 

 lighter, continues to rise until it reaches the 

 lipped opening in the partition, thence into 

 the pyramid-shaped wax-pan. When the 



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FRONT 



REAR 



DRAW OFF HERE 



WOOD 

 FRAME 



5 



screen at 

 outlet of 

 Peterson 



MELTER. 



day's woik is done, beat the sluragum out of 

 the wire basket. This slumgum should be 

 kept in a small can, and at the end of the 

 year's work it should be rendered again to 

 obtain the remaining wax. Do not draw off 

 the honey from the separator until evei"y- 

 thing is cold. The cake of wax in the pan 

 will be clean, light in color, and ready for 

 market. 



When fiist started to work, the separator 



sliould be primed with warm honey over the 



■partition opening into the bottom of the 



tank, else some wax may find its way into 



the honey. 



Morgan, Ky. 



