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the riddle, are caught by the fieve ; and if any 
thing {till fmaller thould pafs through the 
fieve, it is intercepted by the fearch, which 
permits nothing but the pureft honey to pafs 
through the funnel into the receiving veflel; and 
thus the whole procefs is completed in a fhort 
time. During this procefs, the combs in the 
riddle may now and then be turned over witha 
knife, to make the honey run the more freely. 
This method fhould be adopted by all Bees 
-mwnmafters, who have many hives and much ho« 
ney to run. But fuch as have but a fmall quan- 
tity may follow the other plan, and their honey 
will do, very well, if they only keep it free of 
young bees and bee-bread: for a few crumbs 
of wax running through the fieve will not hurt 
the honey, as it will foon rife to the furface, 
and can be eatily fkimmed off. 
The combs being now entirely free of ho- 
ney, the next operation neceflary is to make 
wax. My method of performing this is quite 
-fimple. I boil the combs in a kettle, with a 
fufficient quantity of water, over a flow fire, 
for about 40 minutes, during which time they 
are all melted, and I ftir them about frequently 
allthe time. I then take two or three ladle-« 
c Sep obi 
fulls, and put into a bag, fewed together in 
Dd the 
