218 SEPARATION OF WAX AND HONEY. 



persons may by repeatedly stripping down the 

 sides of the bag, express the whole of the wax. 

 Others express it by making an inclined plane of 

 a board about four feet long, placing one end of 

 it in the tub or pan of water, and the other against 

 the breast of the assistant, who puts the bag on 

 the board and passes a round stick firmly down 

 it, as long as the wax will run. A screw press, 

 made hot, would of course answer the purpose 

 better than either of the above modes. 



The crumbled combs might be put over the 

 fire, in a steam kettle, with water under it, and 

 the wax which runs through might be afterwards 

 melted again and passed through the bag. The 

 new combs will melt almost entirely ; but the old 

 ones, owing to their cells having received so many 

 linings, will preserve their form, the wax running 

 from them but in small quantities. 



The vessel used for melting the wax should 

 be capable of containing a good deal more than 

 is put into it, as the contents may boil up sud- 

 denly, and occasion loss and inconvenience as well 

 as danger. The wax having been separated 

 from the water in which it was melted, should 

 be remelted with just water enough to prevent 

 burning ; and having been well skimmed, may be 

 poured into proper moulds for forming cakes, 

 the vessels being first rinsed with cold water \o 



