1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1573 



no drip when moving to the 

 next tumbler. And now I come 

 to the valv^able part of my sto- 

 ry, viz., that one does not have 

 to move a tumbler at a time (or 

 other receptacle) under the 

 gate, as almost all do. Four 

 dozen or so, as the engraving 

 shows, are placed on a carry- 

 ing-tray, or, as Mr. Coveyou 

 says, placed directly into the 

 case that they are to be shipped 

 in; then the hose arrangement 

 is moved along down one row 

 of glasses, then the next, and so 

 on until the whole case is full. 

 This is much better and faster 

 than placing one glass at a 

 time under a gate to be filled. 

 To let the honey How, a lever 

 is pi'essed, when the spring does 

 the closing. 



If one has ever tried to lift a 

 GO-lb. can of hot honey from 

 the melting-tank, to climb up on 

 a scaffold, and empty it into a 

 large tank, to be drawn off into 

 smaller receptacles, he will ap- 

 preciate what Mr. Coveyou has 

 to say along this line. He 

 writes: 



"I have put in a new boiler, 

 a wax-rendering heater, which 

 is described in Fig. 4, and a 

 two-cylinder Westinghouse 

 steam - engine, which is not 

 shown in the picture. It is a 

 two-horse- power size, and I use 

 it for pumping water, washing 

 and brushing glasses, to clean 

 for honey, etc. 



KIG. 4 —MR. COVEYOU'S WAX-RENDERING APPARATUS. 



The open form of press is used. The combs are melted in another 

 tank, and then dipped into the press where the wax is forced out. 



them ready 

 I have also put in a pump 



FIG. 5. — A CORNER OF THE EXTRACTTNG-ROOM. 



A gasolene-engine furnishes the power for turning the extractor. The engine 

 is allowed to run all the time, the extractor being stopped and started.by shifting 

 the belt on or off a loose pulley. 



for pumping honey right from the cans in 

 the liquefying-tank to the filling-tank. While 

 this pump is not much 

 larger than a watch, 

 it will pump a 60-lb. 

 can of honey dry in 

 one minute. I have 

 the pump fastened to 

 the liquefying - tank, 

 and I use a rubber 

 hose for a suction 

 pipe. I place this hose 

 into the mouth of the 

 60-lb. can of melted 

 honey, and pump it 

 into the filling-tank. 

 This has relieved me 

 of one of the most dis- 

 agreeable operations 

 connected with bot- 

 tling honey. Just 

 think of the old way 

 of carrying sixty- 

 pound cans of honey 

 to the tank, lifting 

 them up, then holding 

 them until empty! 

 now I can be un- 

 screwing the next 

 can, cairying away 

 the filled cases of 

 honey, or 



