Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-01-22
How 20 Manage Honey and Honey
Comb.


From a new Bee Keepers Guide
Book, just issued by E. Kretchmer,
of Iowa, we select the following
recipes
How To SEPARATE CANDIED OR
OTHER HONEY FROM THE COMB BY
HEAT.-After as much honey as
possible is drained from the comb,
candied and liquid honey, yet ad-
herring, may be removed by the fol-
lowing process Put all the pieces
Of comb in tin vessel and set it in
a pot or kettle containing water,
heat the water gradually over
fire until it begins to boil, but not
longer, as the impurities may inn
part bitter taste to the honey; as
soon as the water boils, take it from
the fire and set it to cool, at least
sixteen hours, so that the bee bread
or pollen may adhere to the bottom
of the wax. After it is cooled, take
off the layer of wax at the top care
fully, the remainder is pure honey.
As there is usually large portion
of honey adhering to the layer of
wax, it should be boiled in water,
and the sweet water used for max
ing metheglin or vinegar.
How To KEEP HONEY A NUMBER
OF YEARs.-After the honey has
been separated from the comb, put
it in clean jars and cover it up; in
two days take spoon and skim all
impurities from the top; take a
sheet Of common writing paper,
double it, and tie it over the mouth
of the jar, set it in a cool place,
which must be free from dampness,
or else the honey will sour.
Two RECEIPTS FOR ARTIFICIAL
HONEY IN BEAUTIFUL WHITE AND
TENDER COMBs.-Take one pound
of pure white sugar and as much hot
water as will dissolve it thorough
ly mix one half Of a pound Of good
favoring honey with it, put this in
a box a little smaller than a honey
box, and set it in an empty honey
box on the hive, and have it stored
in glasses or tumblers for choice
table honey. Or, take buckettul
of the juice of sugar maple, evapo-
rate one-half, mix in two pounds
of sugar and one pound Of honey.
Take box a little smaller than a
honey box, pour melted wax in the
corners, pour IN the juice, put on
fine cut straw to prevent bees from
drowning, and put this in honey
box Oh the hive. From this pre-
paration, n number Of beautltu
white combs will be built, and i
stored with the preparation first
described, honey Of unequaled tast'
and attractive beauty will be pro
| duced.
| TO MAKE WAX From COMB
Take all combs emptled OF honey
and all wax obtained by separating
honey from comb by heat; put al
of it in a pot or kettle, pour waite
over it, boil and stir ten minutes
have ready a kettle with a it'll
cold water in it, and board per
forated with a number of half-incI
holes, over it. Now take the wa.
+ from the fire, pour it in Il bag, pu
it on the perforated board over tn
kettle, put another board over tn
bag, and weight it down with
t stone. In a short time the wax WI
be in the kettle below, and if ther
should be some wax left with tn
impurietics in the bag, it may b
boiled and pressed again.
BAusTERB PROCESS OF MELTIN
, HONEY CoMBs.-The combs al
, placed in a conical earthrn Vesse
, filed with a mixture of one ounce
nitric acid toa quart of water. Th
is set over an open fire and stirre
till the combs are completely melte'
, when it is removed from the fir
y and allowed to cool gradually. I'll
q product is divided into three layer
the upper one pure wax, the lowe
q chiefly impurities, and the midd
4 containing sufficient wax to be addC
: to the next melting. A marketab
. wax is thus obtained at a sing
: operation, without straining orpre
q sing.-Ameyican Bee Journal.
# CHEMICAL PROCESS OF BLEAC1
e ING BEEswAx.--Add to one pour
a of melted wax, two ounces Of pu
J. verified nitrate of soda, and stir
Y. by degrees, a mixture of one oun
n of sulphuric acid and nine Ounc
r ofwater. When all the acid is adde