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lower ends of the legs are used to lay 

 the separators on when taking them 

 out of the super. We leave them there 

 until the space is filled or till wo have 

 time to clean them. 



The table is made heavy enough so 

 that one end may be loaded to its ca- 

 pacity without danger of tipping up and 

 this is an important point for there are 



times when one may become somewhat 

 careless and if it would tip, the honey 

 would mash on the floor. 



For the space occupied it suits our 

 requirements in fine shape as it can be 

 moved quickly and the light made to 

 fall at the right angle for the best grad- 

 ing of the honey. 



Boulder, Colo. 



Foster's Comb Honey Scraping and Casing Table. 



Smoke Pots to Prevent Robbing at the Wagon and Use 

 of Kerosine in the Yard. 



O. B. METCALF 



<^n SUPPOSE that many are now 

 Jl taking their extracting combs to 

 the out yards and that later on 

 some will be taking ofif supers of comb 

 honey to haul in. I wonder how many 

 bee-keepers have had as many run- 

 aways as I have at this work, or how 

 many have put as many yards on the 

 robbing rampage, or had as many fine 

 supers of comb honey partly spoiled 

 by the robbers getting into the supers 

 in the wagon. I used to work early in 

 the morning, late in the afternoon and 

 even at night; getting behind with my 

 sleep, and with the work. Year before 



last, however, I so perfected my smoke 

 pot system that I can haul honey to 

 or from an out-yard at any time with 

 little trouble from the robbers. Here is 

 the system : 



Take three or four old five-gallon 

 cans, cut the tops out of them on three 

 sides so as to leave them for a flap lid, 

 and punch in one side of them near the 

 bottom a one-inch hole, and your smoke 

 pots are made. Take these with you, 

 filled with chaff or any other substance 

 which will smoulder along making a 

 good smoke. When you get to the out- 

 yard empty about half out of each, and 



