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PLEASOBABLE BEE-KEEPING. 



The lower compartment is simply to hold water for 

 the purpose of producing steam. In the bottom of 

 the upper section is fixed a tin plate communicating 

 with the outside by a small tube. Upon the plate, 

 slightly raised by legs, stands a cylinder of perforated 

 zinc, into which are placed the scraps of comb. 

 "When the apparatus is placed over the fire the steam 



Fig. 60. 



from the lower passes to the upper compartment, and 

 melts the wax, which runs through the zinc, falls 

 upon the plate and runs thence through the tube, 

 finally dropping into a basin placed beneath. A little 

 water should always be placed in the basin. 



The following is a simple means of extracting the 

 wax from old combs when neither of the above 



