.lULV. 1920 



G I- K A N I N n S IN BEE CULTURE 



427 



utKk'r the f;iueot vvliPii ready to draw off the 

 honey friiiii the extractor. 



Near the extractor should be the straining 

 (•an in whicli js suspended a large cheese- 

 I'lotli bag attached to a barrel hoop support- 

 ed by tlie toj) of the can. 



Process of Extracting. 



Each comb, one at a time, should be taken 

 from the super, held with the top bar furth- 

 est away and the lower end bar resting on 

 the nail point of the cross piece. Then hold- 

 ing the upper end of the frame with the left 

 hand and leaning the upper end slightly to 

 the right so that the eappings may fall free- 

 ly and not adhere to the sticky surface 

 of the comb, begin at the lower end of 

 the comb and with an extracting knife 

 dipped in hot water cut the eappings 

 from the entire right side of the comb, 

 performing the operation with a kind of 

 sawing motion. Next reverse the comb and 

 with the top bar still away from you, re- 

 move the eappings from the other side. 

 Then by means of the cross bar scrape any 

 eappings adhering to the knife. 



After uncapping, the combs may be placed 

 one in each basket of the extractor, the top 

 bars being next the hinge. Combs in oppo- 

 site baskets should be of about the same 

 weight as they are less likely to break if 

 properly balanced. Old dark combs whose 

 cell walls have been strengthened by sever- 



al layers of cocoons will not be likely to 

 break, but when extracting new delicate 

 combs, it is a good plan to extract only 

 about half of the honey from the first side, 

 then reverse and extract the opposite side 

 and then complete the extracting of the first. 



As soon as the honey is near the reel, 

 some of it should be drawn oft' at the faucet, 

 running it into the honey jiail and then 

 emptying into the straining tank. When 

 the tank is nearly full it may be run into 

 sixty-pound cans or other receptacles to be 

 stored. 



The combs as fast as extracted are stack- 

 ed up in the same room and toward night 

 are piled five or six on a hive over an empty 

 super, leaving the bees to clean out the 

 honey still adhering. 



Altho honey will probably bring a good 

 price and the beginner will naturally wish 

 to get as large a crop as possible let him 

 not be penny wise and pound foolish. There 

 is little doubt that fall will find many bee- 

 keepers short of winter stores and short of 

 sugar for feeding. Therefore, we strongly 

 urge that enough combs of honey be saved 

 to carry the bees thru until the next honey 

 flow — at least five or six full combs. These 

 combs may be carefully stored where the 

 moths cannot find them and not given to 

 the bees until fall when preparing for 

 winter. 



.V begiiinpr's extnictinK oiilfil. The bai rcl with both heads knocked out and a <oarse sereeii nailed to the 



bottom makes a very good uncappin;; can when supixo'ted over a tub. A hir^ei clieese-iloth liag with a 



barrel hoop nailed to the mouth and su|ipiiitcd in a can, niake.s a sood strainer. Instead of the straining 



inn, a tight barrel may Ic used, provided it has a faucet at the. bottom. 



