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Bee-keeping in Victoria. 



if not too thick and black, can be used for boiling down more combs or 

 else at once disposed of. Waste water from boiling down combs or water 

 containing honey should not be thrown out so that bees have access to 

 it, but should be buried ; apart from any risk of spreading disease it may 

 start robbing or stinging. 



This separating device (Fig. 8) consists of a plain box lined with 

 tin. One corner of the lining is covered by an L-shaped piece of tin 

 soldered to the side and end, open on top and reaching only to within 

 half an inch of the bottom, -with an outlet stud through the end board 



Fig. 8. 



Fig. 9. Fig. 10. 



Fig. 8. — Separating Tank. Figs. 9 and 10. — Lining of Tank. 



of the case about four inches from the top. At the opposite corner of 

 the case is another outlet stud two inches from the top. 



Before allowing the wax to run into the tank from the press, sufficient 

 hot water should be poured in to cover the end of the enclosed corner so 

 as to prevent the wax escaping into it. After several lots of boiled 

 comb have been put through the press, the wax and water will have 

 risen in the tank to the level of the outlet tube A, and from now an 

 amount of water, equal in weight to the water and wax coming from the 

 press, will run over by tube A. 



As wax is considerably lighter than water, it does not displace watei 

 by its oivn volume, and therefore rises in the main body of the tank as 



