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two tubes; by raising this slide (Fig. 33) honey will 

 flow, the reverse action permitting the egress of hot 

 wax. Since both tubes are on a perpendicular line, it is 

 inconvenient to have honey and wax running at one time, 

 whereas the "Beuhne" device is very handy in this 

 respect. A cappings-melter will handle all odd pieces of 

 comb containing honey, and especially are they convenient 

 for melting the honey-comb from box hives, or that taken 

 from bee trees. 



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As the uncapping proceeds it is advisable to have 

 some sort of a contrivance to hold the combs before 

 placing them in the extractor. Very often the persons 

 uncapping get away ahead of the extractor, and while 

 the combs are waiting to be extracted the constant 

 dripping makes a nasty sticky mess on the floor. To 

 overcome this nuisance the author constructed a tank 

 called a Drainer (Fig. 34). It is six feet in length, and 

 the top is contracted to allow the frames to hang in 

 nicely. It is made of galvanised iron, and the bottom 

 sloped to the centre. A two-inch honey-gate is soldered 

 in one end, and the whole tank is supported and reinforced 

 by a strong wooden frame. The illustration makes its 

 construction very clear. 



