A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to the Interests of Honey Producers. 

 $L00 A YEAR, 

 w. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. 



VOL. XV. FLINT, MICHIGAN, JULY 10, 1902. NO. 7. 



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AN UNCAPPING BOX. 



liY H. G. GIBBALD. 



Room for Uncapping, for the Gappings, the Combs, 

 And for the Drippings. 



pieces, 



Economy the poor man's mint. — tupper. 



i/Tl CONVENIENT and roomy uncap- 

 -ti ping box that will hold the cappings 

 from three or four thousand pounds of 

 honey is a boon to any bee-keeper in the 

 busy season. The one shown in the 

 frontispiece is easily made, and fills the 

 need very well. 



It is five feet long, i6 inches wide, and 

 is made in two sections, each 9 or lo inch- 

 es deep. The lower section is for hon- 

 ey, and, with the excejjlion that the cor- 

 ners of the side boards are halved to- 

 gether, it is simply a well nailed and 

 neatly made box, waxed inside at all 

 joints, with a tap at one end to draw off 

 honey; the legs being a little shorter at 

 the end having the taj), so that the honey 

 will run off readily. The top half or sec- 

 tion is made the same way, only that, 

 instead of a board bouom, it has a nice 



screen bottom which allows the honey to 

 drain from the cappings. Two small 



inches, are used for 



braces to strengthen this top; and be- 

 tween the left hand one and the end are 

 two strips about i x i{ inches, to rest the 

 comb on while uncapping. The two 

 spaces to the right, between the braces, 

 are used to set the super of combs on 

 while uncapping and after uncapping, 

 any drip will then be caught. The bot- 

 tom section is halved on the inside edge; 

 the top halved on the outside edge; so as 

 to fit the inside so that it cannot leak. 

 Claude, Ont., May 22, 1902. 

 [After the cappings are thoroughly 

 drained they are put into a solor extrac- 

 tor, and what little honey adheres to them 

 will eventuallv be found below the cake 

 of wax. — Ed.] 



