1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



39 



Hatch-Gemmil wax-press, and Fig. 4 the 

 same with the changes that have been made. 

 In Fig. 4 it will be noticed that a round can 

 constructed of tin is used instead of the square 

 wooden box and tin tray shown in Fig. 3. 

 The principal reason for this change is that 

 it is easier to keep the cheese from bursting 

 out sidewise when a round box or can is 

 used, for the square box tends to bulge out 

 in the middle, thus allowing the burlap to 

 burst. If a round can is used, the pressure 

 sidewise is always in a direction directly 

 away from the center, and the horizontal 

 pressure is thus equalized. Instead of the 

 wooden cleats placed vertically around the 

 sides of the can, a perforated metal, or, bet- 

 ter, a heavy wire-cloth lining 

 a little smaller than the out- 

 side tin can may be used, 

 which if firmly riveted can 

 not possibly give trouble. I 

 am sure, too, that with the 

 round can the cheeses do not 

 chill so quickly as they do in 

 the square box, for the reason 

 that they are more compact, 

 and there is always less 

 chance for cold air to circu- 

 late around under the cheese. 

 Mr. Hatch now uses two 

 screws instead of one, for he 

 believes that he can get more 



gressure with the two; but I 

 ave not found the two 

 screws necessary, for one 

 screw will exert more pres- 

 sure than is needed, and is, 

 besides, much easier and 

 quicker to handle. 



It will be noted in Fig. 4 that the screw 

 extends down into a hole in the center of the 

 cast-iron follower. If the screw simply rests 

 on the top, the follower shows a great ten- 

 dency to go down sidewise, especially if one 

 is not exceedingly careful in placing the melt- 

 ed comb evenly in the can. It is easy to see 

 that, when the follower does not go down 

 straight, one side of the cheese is much thin- 

 ner tnan the other, and the thicker part will 

 be found to contain quite a good deal of wax 

 after the work is done. With this arrange- 

 ment, the follower mv^^ go down straight 

 unless the screw bends, and I have never 

 had any trouble from that source. The cir- 

 cular piece above the cheese must be cleated 

 as shown, to aid the wax and water in run- 

 ning off. 



If any one wisnes to make this kind of 

 press at home, a square box had better be 

 used similar to that shown m Fig. 3 instead 

 of the round can, l^ut there must be some 

 method of reinforcing the corners to keep 

 them from bursting. If a tin-shop is near at 

 hand, the rovind can will be found easier to 

 make and more satisfactory afterward. 



A bench-vise screw, or one similar, would 

 probably be used in a home-made press as 

 shown in Fig. 3. But to keep the cleated 

 follower board from tipping when it goes 

 down, a heavy block had better be liolted se- 

 curely on top of the iron plate D. The screw 



can then rest in a hole bored through the 

 center of the block to the iron plate. 



To be continued. 



Showing the round pressin 

 Fig. 3. 



FIG. 4. — MODIFIED HATCH PEESS. 



box or can instead of the square one as in 



HONEY NOT ARTIFICIAL. 



How to Prove this Fact to the Satisfaction; 



of Customers : a Name-stamp for 



Each Section. 



BY PROF. H. A. SUKFACE 



A member of the Pennsylvania State Bee- 

 keepers' Association has recently written to- 

 me, asking what can be done to make the 

 public understand that pure white honey is 

 not artificial. In replying to him I said that 

 I have had no ditticulty in this regard in 

 the vicinity of Harrisburg, for three reasons: 



1. My apiary is situated along one of the 

 prominent trolley lines where hundreds of 

 persons see it daily. 



2. This summer I gave a public demon- 

 stration in State Capitol Park, showing how 

 to remove bees from a tree and transfer 

 them to a hive. Thus people know that I 

 have bees and am producing honey. 



3. Upon each section of honey which I put 

 on the market I stamp conspicuously, " Fan- 

 cy Honey, Guaranteed. From the Camp 

 Hill Apiaries, H. A. Surface, Proprietor, 

 Camp Hill, Cumberland Co., Pa." Thus 

 the name of the producer is on each pack- 

 age, however small, and his guarantee is 

 there. I have no trouble whatever in sell- 

 ing this honey, and there are no evidences 

 to cause people to think it is 'impure with 



