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ally turning it over when boiling. Most of the. wax 
will boil out and rise to the top in the course of an 
hour and may be dipped off into some clean cold water. 
Then take a small portion of the mass and put into a 
strainer and squeeze it out by means of a pair of clamps, 
made for the purpose, or a pair of tongs will answer. 
It should be strained into water while it is hot, to prevent 
its sticking to the tub. 
Another way. — First, put the mass into a kettle and 
cover with water and boil until the wax gets thoroughly 
melted. Then, with a dipper, the most of the wax can 
be dipped off, and the balance can then be strained or 
squeezed out as in the former case. The wax should 
be pul back into the kettle again and melted and strained 
over into tin pans, first greasing them to prevent the 
wax from sticking to them. 
HONEY DEWS. 
Much speculation has for a long time existed in rela- 
tion to the deposition of such sweets. Iluber, Curtis, , 
and others suppose it to be a deposit from the body of 
the aphis that feeds upon the juices of leaves of differ- 
ent varieties of trees, and that through the chemical 
action it undergoes, in the stomach of the aphis, it 
becomes honey, and is ejected by the insect in such 
quantities as to cover the leaves of large trees with this 
honey. Bevan was of the opinion that it was both a 
deposition from the aphis, and an exudation from the 
leaves. Both parties have their followers, but with 
what amount of evidence to sustain their theories we 
are unable to determine. 
There is no doubt but the aphis has been seen to 
eject from its body a saccharine substance resembling 
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