Bei'-hee plug in Victoria. 



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the upward stroke ; the frame is placed on end over the cappings recep- 

 tacle, the knife is started at the lower side bar of the frame and with a 

 slightly sawing motion drawn upwards, the top and bottom bars of the 

 frame acting as a guide to the bevel of the knife, if a long one is used. 

 To prevent the severed cappings falling back against and sticking to the 

 surface of the comb, the frame should be tilted slightly forward, as in 

 Fig. 2. Before returning the knife to the hot water it should be drawn 

 across the edge of the wooden frame support to free it of honey and wax. 

 The hand holding the frame should be kept back behind the wood of the 



Fig. 1. — Uncapping Combs into Simple Melter. 



frame, as in Fig ], to prevent cutting it should the knife slip at the end 

 of the cut. Uncapping, as in Fig. 3, is likely to result in damage to 

 one's fingers. To keep the honey knife in good order, the edge used for 

 uncapping should not be utilized for trimming burr combs ofF top or bot- 

 tom bars where nail-heads are likely to be met. The knife should not_ be 

 left in the heating water during intervals in the work ; and when being 

 sharpened ahould be ground from the bevelled side only, and brought to a 

 fine edge with an oil-stone. 



