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the old hive. Go over all the frames of brood belonging to the ok' 

 L "ood nest and pinch out all queen cells. Place the old brood on 

 top. As the young' bees hatch the cells are filled with honey, and 

 soon we have a super for extracting. All the bees are at home on 

 the old stand ; the desire to swarm has been satisfied. 



Eight days after hiving go over the frames of brood on top and 

 pinch out all queen cells that may have started. This plan will give 

 fine results, and I would like to see some of the young bee-keepers 

 try it and old ones, too. I worked out this plan last summer when 

 trying to kep down increase. It may belong to some old bee-keeper 

 but if so I have never read of it. Under very favorable conditions 

 this hive might prepare to swarm again if left alone, but it lias never 

 occurred with me. 



Notes on Extracted Honey Production. 



By VIRGIL SIRES, North Yakima, Wash. 



^^^\ NOTHER season's work and experience has passed, and as 

 ^,^"\ mentioned in ni}- former article I ha\ e l)uilt a complete 

 new portable extracting outfit. It is equipped with an eight- 

 frame power extractor, a capping melter. and a heater to heat all the 

 honey as it comes from the extractor. The melter also furnishes the 

 steam for the steam uncapping knife. 



I wish the cappings melter would do its work as satisfactory as 

 the steam uncapping knife, Ijut I l^eliexe the cappings melter has 

 come to stay, and I would not think of doing without it, although 

 the four or five different kinds I ha^■e used ha\'e not proven entireh^ 

 satisfactory. The separation of the wax and slumgum from the 

 honey in a simple way, and with as little contact of hot wax and 

 slumgum with the honey as possible, seems to be the great difficulty 

 to be overcome. My melter is similar to the dift'erent ones described 

 in the bee journals using the tube principle. The color of the honey 

 that comes from the melter is impaired put little, if any, but the 

 flavor is slightly injured, giving the honey a slight waxy taste. As 

 I have never had any complaints from customers this does not seem 

 to be a very serious objection. The change in the taste is so slight 

 it is not noticed by the average consumer. 



The heater heats the honey right from ihe extractor and does it 

 verv satisfactorily. It is simply a double pan having a space for 

 water on all sides and bottom. Partitions are placed about four 

 inches apart across the pan, open at each alternate end, so that the 

 honey can flow as it enters at one end, back and forth, until it 

 reaches the other end sufliciently heated to prevent granulation. 



