1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURK. 



96T 



but after a long series of experiments we 

 came to tiie conclusion that, in the hands of 

 the average person at least, wax squeezed 

 out in the open air, even though the refuse 

 was taken immediately out of boiling water, 

 was liable to chill, with the result that the 

 cheese would not give up all the wax in it. 

 But when the cheese is confined in hot water 

 or hot steam during the operation of squeez- 

 ing, then every particle of wax may be se- 

 cured. While an open-air press can be made 

 a good deal cheaper, and while the lard- 

 press, such as is here shown, is far better 

 than no press at all, yet the loss through the 

 chilling of the cheese during the process of 

 squeezing is enough in a very short time to 

 pay the difference in the cost of an inclosed 

 press. The German bee-keepers have been 

 over this ground very thoroughly— many 



years, in fact, before the American bee- 

 keepers came to adopt pressure in rendering 

 wax. Indeed, our press, with some slight 

 modifications, is modeled after the German 

 presses so successfully used on the other 

 side of the water— hence the name. — Ed.] 



NON-SWARMING A HONEY-GETTER. 



Two Full Colonies Used to Supplement the 

 Working Force. 



BY DR. J. W. GUYTON. 



As the editor calls for reports on the 

 non- swarming plan 1 will try to accommo- 

 date him with my experiment. 



To begin with, I will designate my work- 

 ing {ilan by numbering my working hives 1, 



H. R. BOARDMAN AND LITTLE DAUGHTER AT HOME. SEE PAGE 961. 



