PRODUCING EXTRACTED HONEY 



cations point to a continuance of the flow, a 

 third body may be added under the second, 

 and all left in place until the flow is ended and 

 operations for extracting begin. 



Running the bees for extracted honey has 

 this advantage over the production of comb 

 honey, namely, there is no risk of having a lot 

 of unfinished sections on hand if the flow 

 should suddenly cease, as it often does, for 

 in producing extracted honey it matters not 

 at all if a lot of cells should be uncapped if 

 the bees have possession of the combs long 

 enough to thoroughly ripen it. 



Whether the extracting is done frequently 

 with the use of but one super, or done all at 

 once about the last of July, it is a waste of 

 money not to extract the early white honey 

 and keep it by itself, as it is sure to be more or 

 less mixed with the inferior and cheaper fall 

 honey that comes from the fall flow if the supers 

 are left on from spring till fall. For this 

 reason it is wiser to extract during or at the 

 close of the flow from clover, basswood, and 



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