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apiary, however small, even if comb-honey is the 

 chief product, for it saves much honey that other- 

 wise would be wasted. When the apiary consists of 

 less than forty hives of bees, one of the small non- 

 reversible extractors may be used. These weigh 

 less and cost less ; but every frame of comb has to be 

 taken out after the honey has been extracted on one 

 side and reversed and put back in order to clear the 

 honey from the other side. Though the automatic 

 reversible machine costs more and is heavier, it is 

 far more satisfactory on the whole, if there is much 

 honey to be extracted. 



EXTRACTING-FRAMES 



The frames used for extracting honey are in form 

 similar to those which hold the brood, except they 

 may not be so deep. However, most bee-keepers 

 use both supers containing the shallow extracting- 

 frames, and also those filled with frames of the full 

 depth. The bees will go into the shallow frames 

 more readily than into the deeper ones, as they are 

 better able to keep the small chambers warm. But 

 if the colony is very strong and the harvest good, the 

 deeper frames are acceptable to the bees and save 

 the time of the bee-keeper. (Plate XVIII.) 



WHEN TO EXTRACT HONEY 



Some producers practice extracting the honey 

 before it is capped, so as to save the trouble and 

 expense of uncapping. There is one danger attend- 

 ing this method : the green, unripened honey is thus 



