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VIII Concurso internacional de fotografía apícola, 2008, Catálogo

VIII Concurso internacional de fotografía apícola, 2008, Catálogo

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La cera que queda <strong>de</strong>spués <strong>de</strong> que la cría yla miel hayan sido extraídas <strong>de</strong> los panaleses fundida sobre agua, en una hoguera. Sepasa entonces a través <strong>de</strong> un filtro <strong>de</strong> bambúcayendo sobre agua don<strong>de</strong> se solidifica.Los trozos <strong>de</strong> cera se extraen <strong>de</strong>l agua y semol<strong>de</strong>an en bloques <strong>de</strong>l tamaño <strong>de</strong> un ladrillo.Éstos tienen un agujero en el centroque permite que la cera se enfríe más rápidamente.Un tronco <strong>de</strong> partido, apretadopor una cuerda sirve para prensar el filtro yconseguir el máximo aprovechamiento <strong>de</strong> lacera. La cera <strong>de</strong> abejas es una mercancíavaliosa. La composición química <strong>de</strong> la ceraproducida por Apis laboriosa le hace especialmentea<strong>de</strong>cuada para la fundición a lacera perdida. Para ello se hace un mo<strong>de</strong>loen cera. Después se recubre con un materialcomo la arcilla. Cuando ésta se ha secado,se calienta, la cera se fun<strong>de</strong> y sale fuera<strong>de</strong>l mol<strong>de</strong>. El hueco resultante se llena entoncescon metal fundido y cuando solidificase elimina el mol<strong>de</strong>.Beeswax remaining after the brood andhoney have been extracted from the combsis melted, over water, on a wood fire. It isthen passed trough a woven bamboo filterand falls into water, held in a trough below.It solidifies. The pieces are removed from thewater and moul<strong>de</strong>d together into blocksroughly the size of a house brick. These havea hole through the centre, which enables thewax to cool more quickly. The rope aroundthe ends of the split tree trunk is used tosqueeze the filter to ensure that the maximumwax harvest is obtained.Beeswax is a valuable commodity. Thechemical composition of that produced byApis Laboriosa makes it particularly suitablefor lost wax casting. Here, a mo<strong>de</strong>l is ma<strong>de</strong>from beeswax. This is then encased in a materialsuch as clay. When this has dried, it isheated, the wax melted and poured out. Theresulting cavity is then lined with moltenmetal and when this solidified, the mould ischipped away.- 149 -

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