360 STRAINING HONEY. 



any time be warmed, aii(J water added until it is of 

 the right consistence. 



GETTING OUT WAX^ — DIFFERENT METHODS. 



Several methods have been adopted for separating 

 the wax. I never found any means of getting out the 

 whole. Yet I suppose I came as near it as any one. 

 Some recommend heating it in an oven, similar to Ihe 

 method of straining honey through the colander, bat 

 I have found it to waste more than when melted with 

 water. A better way for small quantities, is to half 

 fill a coarse stout bag with refuse comb and a few 

 cobble-stones to sink it, and boil it in a kettle of 

 water, pressing and turning it frequently till .the wax 

 ceases to rise. When the contents of the bag are 

 emptied, by squeezing a handfal, the particles of wax 

 may be seen, and you may thereby judge of the 

 quantity thrown away. For large quantities the fore- 

 going process is rather tedious. It can be facilitated 

 by having two levers four or five feet long and about 

 four inches wide, and fastened at the lower end by a 

 strong hinge. The combs are put into a kettle of 

 boiling water, and will melt almost immediately ; it is 

 then put into the bag, and taken between the levers 

 in a washrtub or other large vessel and pressed, the 

 contents of the bag shaken, and turned, several times 

 during the process, and if need be returned to the 

 boiling water and squeezed again. The wax, with a 

 little water, is now to be remelted and strained again 

 through finer cloth, into vessels that will mould it 

 into the desired shape. As the sediment settles to 



