HOW TO SECURE THE HARVEST 101 
removed, the following method will be found 
to be both simple and effectual: 
A piece of coarse cheese-cloth, about four 
feet long, with the ends gathered and tied, 
should be held by two persons. The honey 
is poured into the middle of the cloth, under 
which is the vessel into which the honey is 
to drain. As the thin honey escapes, the 
cloth should be gently raised and lowered 
alternately at each end. This movement 
causes the comb and wax to move first in one 
direction and then the other and accumulate 
into a ball which constantly gathers up the 
particles of wax that in the ordinary way clog 
the strainer. By its weight and movement, too, 
it forces the honey through the cloth. 
The old-fashioned strainers made from cheese- 
cloth in the shape of a fool’s cap were effectual, 
but slower in their action than the method 
I have described. ‘They had the advantage, 
of course, that they could be left to perform 
their work while other matters were attended 
to—an advantage to a cottage bee-keeper. 
They were made by cutting a piece of cheese- 
cloth square and sewing up the cross-cut to 
about three parts of its length, with one of 
the sides from the corner where they meet. 
After the seam had been run, the edge of 
