THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



bursting the sack. Lay the strainer 

 on the press with the bottom end next- 

 to the hinges, fold the top end back on 

 the filled part, then bring down 

 the handle and put your weight on 

 it if you are not very heavy. As 

 soon as the wax is nearly done run- 

 ning, dip your fingures in cold water, 

 throw back the handle, lift the edge of 

 the strainer which is toward you, fold it 

 back on itself, and bring down the handle 

 again. Throw back again, turn the 

 strainer % round, fold back and press 

 again; each time making the fold as even 

 in the center as you can. Yon will now 

 have a cheese about four or five inches 

 square, perhaps an inch thick, and in 

 four equal layers. 



If you have done your work well you 

 will now have i/o wax in the residue; 

 which will shake out almost like dry 

 meal; while the strainer will be entirely 

 free from wax except at the edges. If 

 you have cooked it too Long the cocoons 

 wnll have become so viscid that when you 

 bring pressure to bear they will stick to 

 the strainer like a mass of glue and you 

 can get nothing from it. I think the 

 greatest reason why rendering wax by 

 boiling is not more popular is that it is 

 generally cooked too long; so, keep the fire 

 hot, and cook only a short time. If the 

 contents of the boiler are likely to become 

 too cold while you are straining, put it 

 back on the stove while you press; but 

 you should not be more than two min- 

 utes filling and pressing a strainer full. 



Don't put the hinges too near the cor- 

 ners, since the pressure is mostly near 

 the middle, or you will be liable to .split 

 the plank. 



Don't put much heavy comb in the 

 boiler at one time, and leave it without 

 stirring, or it will be liable to burn and 

 so color the wax. 



Don't put any lumps of wax in the 

 boiler after any comb is in; as the lump 

 will be so long melting that the cocoons 

 will be liable to cook too long. 



Save all the residuum from the solar ex- 

 tractor, and, at the end of the season. 



chop it very fine, boil it and then run it 

 througli the press. The blackest comb 

 will make almost as light colored wax as 

 will the lightest combs, if it is not cooked 

 too long. 



Dr. Miller, in reply to the question 

 ■'How can I keep the wax from sticking 

 to a wooden mold?" replied, "Wet 

 the mold." I will inform the doctor 

 that no amount of wetting or soaking 

 will keep the wax from sticking if the 

 wax is put into the mold verv hot and 

 then cooled slowly; as the hot wax will 

 drive all the moisture from the surface of 

 the woodj leaving it dry, and then the 

 wax will stick. 



The doctor has also told us to cool the 

 caking wax in any vessel very slowly to 

 prevent its cracking near the edges. 

 When convenient I set the the vessel of 

 caking wax into ice- water, and if it shows 

 a tendency to crack, as it seldom does, I 

 run a thin knife blade between the wax 

 and the tin. cutting no deeper than Yz 

 inch, and have no more trouble. 



L.\XDER, Wyo. Dec. 9, 1898. 



SEPARATORS. 



The Hyde-Scholl Plan or Making Separators 

 That allow free Communication. 



H. H. HYDE & \.. .SCROLL. 



T^E wish to introduce to our fellow 

 i^^ bee keepers a separator gotten up 

 bv ourselves. In fact, there are really 

 two separators. The one shown at the 

 left is for use in the old style of supers. 

 It is made as follows: .^n ordinary separa- 

 tor, is divided into four divisions; each 

 division has four slots; thus making six- 

 teen slots to each separator; each slot be- 

 ing three inches long by 3-I6 wide. Be- 

 tween these divisions, just opposite of 

 where the two edges of the sections come 

 together, is an upright slot three inches 

 long by V% wide. These separators are 



