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THE SEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



of an ordinar}', spring'-bottom, oil can, 

 such as is used in oiling- machinerj'. 

 Get one that has a handle, and will 

 hold as much as a pint. Let the nozzle 

 also be a long- one, but don't use it full 

 leng-th, as the wax is likely to cool in 

 the small end and cause trouble, 

 Have the tinner cut oflf the nozzle down 

 to about two or three inches in leng^th, 

 unsolder the joint along- its side, and 

 lap the tin over itself near the outer 

 end, soldering^ it to keep it in place. 

 Thlt. makes a short, sort of "stubby" 

 nozzle in which the wax is much less 

 likely to harden than in a long-, slender 

 r zle. Fill the can with the melted 

 a.x, hold a frame filled with founda- 

 tion in the left hand, takings hold of the 

 top bar, with the bottom bar upper- 

 most, and turned away from you so 

 that the end bars form an angle of 

 about 45 degrees with the horizontal. 

 Also raise one end of the frame, the one 

 farthest from your right hand, so 

 that you can hold the nozzle of the oil 

 can at the upper end of the frame, 

 where the foundation joins the top bar, 

 thus forming a little trough, into which 

 the melted wax flows and cools as the 

 nozzle of the can is slowly drawn down 

 the length of the frame. The angle at 



which the frames shall be held, and the 

 speed at which the oil can shall be 

 moved, are matters that can be decided 

 only by practice. I might add that 

 the temperature of the wax has a bear- 

 ing upon these points. When the wax 

 becomes too cool to work well, it can 

 be again set on the stove, and, while it 

 is warming- up, more frames can be 

 filled with foundation, or two cans 

 may be used, one being in use while 

 the other is warming. You will see 

 now that the sheet of foundation must 

 fit snugly against the top bar, or else 

 the melted wax will run through the 

 crack that is left. It may not be neces- 

 sary to wax both sides of the founda- 

 tion to ihe top bar, but I have always 

 done it, and have never had a particle 

 of trouble from the foundation coming 

 loose, nor from its sagging or buckling. 

 I use the medium brood made by 

 Dittmer, Root and Dadant, and they 

 all work well. 



If any of my subscribers can see 

 where I have been making mistakes in 

 any of these operations, or where they 

 can be bettered or improved, they will 

 be conferring a great favor by letting 

 me know. 



Flint, Mich., Jan. 2, 1907. 



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'O^i^eiT 



FRED. W. MUTH. 



lyyT THE a jnual convention of the 

 -^ National Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion held at San Anionic, Texas, in 

 November, there was a committee ap- 

 pointed, to secure, if possible, lower 

 freight rates on honey. Being one of 

 the committee in question, I wish to 

 make an explanation in behalf of the 

 recog-nige^l hig-h freig-bt rates, slu^ then 



point out to each and every bee-keeper 

 the steps that must be taken in order 

 that the committee appointed may be 

 successful. 



I am a dealer in both comb and ex- 

 tracted honey; and in the course of a 

 year, receive many oar loads, as well 

 innumerable small shi; ments. In one 

 year's* time I am oblig^eg to ent^r many, 



