ISO 



THE APIARY. 



ENGRAVED PRESSING ROLLER FOR THE 



GUIDANCE OF BEES IN THE CONSTRUCTION 



OF HONEY-COMB ON THE BARS. 



This is an engraved metal roller, which, when applied 

 to the coated underside of a comb-bar, leaves an im- 

 pression as shown in the diagram. The wax having 

 been spread on the flat bar, the roller, heated by being 

 put into hot water, is heavily pressed over it. The 

 roller has two wooden handles, so that considerable 

 pressure may be given to it. The roller is a little less 

 than two inches in diameter, seven -eighths of an inch 

 wide, and the length from" handle to handle is six inches. 

 The diagram shows the full size of the impressions as 

 left on the wax, after passing the roller along the comb- 

 bar, in the manner above described. It is a con- 

 trivance invented in Switzerland, and exhibited in the 

 International Exhibition of 1862, when the pattern 

 roller was purchased by oiirselves. 



