o.B. Metcalfe's way of carrying supers of empty combs to the hives after 



EXTRACTING. 



out-apiary has come, and come with a ven- 

 geance, is sliown by wliat follows. 

 l)e Laud, Fla. 



To be continued. 



RETURNING EMPTY COMBS TO THE HIVE. 



Robbing Liable to be Started if the Work is Not 

 Rapidly Done. 



BY O. B. METCALFE. 



In putting empty combs back on the 

 hives, more robbing is started than in any 

 other way. With a big outfit like ours 

 frames must be put back when there is no 

 honey coming in; and it is not always han- 

 dy to wait until evening, hence the necessi- 

 ty of a system that is quick. 



We use a wheelbarrow to bring the honey 

 in, and we formerU- used one to take back 



the empty frames in the supers; but we 

 have found that one man can carry from 

 four to six supers, and do it much more 

 quickly than a load of about the same num- 

 ber can be taken on the wheelbarrow. We 

 used also to take the supers of empty 

 frames back by the buggy-load, but found 

 that this method started too much robbing 

 while unloading the buggy, and we never 

 were guilty, after the first two weeks, of 

 taking the combs out of the supers and 

 carrying them to the house in a comb-bas- 

 ket while the empty supers stood on the 

 hives waiting for the return of the empty 

 frames. 



Fig. 1 shows Mr, Wayne picking up a load 

 of hive-bodies where they had been passed 

 out at the flap door of the honey-house and 

 placed on some emi^ty supers. Just before 

 him another man had gone into the yard to 

 throw ofl four covers, and in Vig. - Mr. 



