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then inside of this again filling up the space with holes about 
% of an inch apart. The holes are punched from the inside, 
so that the little projections will be outside, which is, I think, 
quite important. Near the upperedge two holesare punched 
on the opposite sides. Through one of these holes I put a 
piece of wire perhaps a foot long, and fasten together the 
ends by twisting, then serve the other hole the same way. 
Into each of these wires is tied one end of a string, the other 
end being fastened to a nail or staple in the ceiling, the two 
nails in the ceiling being about 4 feet apart, and the strings 
long enough so that the bottom of the can hangs rather less 
than a foot above the top of the deep or upper box. The 
strings run across and not lengthwise of the box. A boiler 
or tub of the warm syrup stands conveniently by, and with 
a short-handled 2-quart tin dipper the can is quickly filled, 
and through each hole in the bottom of the can runs a stream, 
which forces its way into the cells of the frame of brood- 
comb, which has been placed in the bottom of the pan. The 
can is easily moved about, so as to fill all parts of the comb. 
When one side of the comb is filled (no matter if filled to 
overflowing), the dipper is slipped under the can, to hold it 
out of the way, and one end of the frame is lifted and the 
other side of the comb turned uppermost and filled. The 
frame is then lifted and put in a super which stands over a 
dripping-pan, and when this super is filled, others are piled 
on it and filled till the pile is inconveniently high and another 
pile is commenced. The hotter the syrup is, the more easily 
the combs are filled, but if too hot, you may find that after 
standing some time, your nice worker combs have dropped 
out, leaving nothing but wires in the frames. About 125° is 
as hot as will be safe. 
From time to time the pan, in which the frames are placed 
to be filled, will become pretty well filled with syrup. I don’t 
know that it hinders work if it is one-quarter full, but when- 
ever it needs emptying, the deep box is lifted off, then the 
shallow one, when the pan can be lifted. I have tried having 
the holes in the can closer together, or otherwise differently 
