38 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
in the lower vessel melts the wax; it runs out of the perforated 
cage down to the false bottom, the edges of which stand up 
about half an inch. The wax is conveyed to the outside by 
means of a spout connected to the bottom on which the cage 
stands. 
The wax may then be moulded into different sized cakes for 
selling. Moulds for making cakes of varying size can be 
made by boring holes in a piece of hard wood the requisite 
size to hold, say, loz., 20z., 30z., ete., of wax; these can then 
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be retailed to customers, but the best value is obtained, as 
previously stated, by having the wax made into foundation. 
In all cases when wax is being melted it should be done in 
a vessel standing in another containing rain water. If the 
vessel containing wax is placed in direct contact with the fire 
or oven shelf it will be blackened and its texture spoilt. 
XIV.—OBTAINING HEATHER HONEY. 
Heather honey is obtained principally in Scotland, Wales, 
and the northern counties of England. The heather harvest is 
derived from the common ling of the moors about August, 
when all other crops are over, and it is not unusual for the bee- 
