1901 



THE AMEBICAN BEE-KEEPER 



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the honey extractor, a device whereby 

 the liquid honey can he extracted from 

 the combs by turning them swiftly in a 

 sort of cylinder, the honey being forced 

 out by centrifngal force. This does not 

 in any way injure the combs, which can 

 be put back in the hive to be refilled. 



one day when a lady enquired of me 

 very seriously if I went out into the 

 fields and gathered flowers and brought 

 them home to the bees and strewed them 

 in front of the hives for the bees to feed 

 upon. Such extravagant notions are 

 <|ulte prevalent. Nothing could be move 



MH. HEtiMAN UNCAPPING 



and thus a great saving wrought of time, 

 honey and money. Extracted honey 

 can be kept indefinitely and need not be 

 hurried off to market for fear of perish- 

 ing: in cold wcath( r it will usually 

 solidify. 



An idea that many people seem to have 

 in regard to bee-keeping is that it is 

 necessary to plant a certain kind of crop 

 to feed the bees. I was much amused 



HONEY FOR THE EXTRACTOR. 



mistaken. The bee is a miller to whose 

 mill everything that comes is grist. She 

 gets her honey from trees and plants as 

 well as flowers. She roams as sweet 

 odors lead her, through two or three 

 miles of the surrounding country, and 

 she cares not if she transgresses proper- 

 ty rights or filches her stores from your 

 neighbors" flowers and trees. By the 

 latter she is most always welcome, for 



