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the machine is cold the drawer is i)ulled out and tlie cake 

 of slnmgnni or i-efuse is removed. 



The saving effected by tlie cappiugs-melters is so 

 great that in a little while their use must become universal 

 wherever extraeted-honey is produced. It is the only way 

 of saving every drop of honey in the cappings. It is more 

 workmanlike to have the wax in nice marketable shape 

 when evening arrives; look at the time saved in 



32. "Geue's" Uncapper. 



"grubliing" cappings out of the can, storing them in tins 

 or l)oxes, and finally pressing and melting. 



Fig '.V2 will explain "Gene's Uncapper." It is simply 

 a hollow tray depressed at one end to form a "well"; 

 the top of the tray on which the cap]nugs fall is on a 

 slight incline to the depression. A bar at the lowest end 

 of the tray has a space under it to i)ermit the passage 

 of melted wax and heated honey, Init also acts as a 

 barrier to any large pieces of comb. The hollow tray 

 is filled with water and heated with a ])rimus stove This 

 apparatus, like the "Beuhne," also heats the honey- 

 knives. 



The se]:)aration of honey from the wax takes place 

 in the well, to which is ;ittached a metal slide fitted with 



