30 AN EASY METHOD OF 



RULE VI. 



ON REMOVING HONEY. 



Insert a slide under the drawer, so far as to 

 cut off all communication between the lower 

 apartm.ent and the drawer. Insert another 

 slide between the first slide and the drawer. 

 Now draw out the box containing the honey, 

 with the slide that is next to it. Set the 

 drawer on its window end, a little distance 

 from the apiary, and remove the slide. Now 

 supply the place of the drawer, thus removed, 

 with an empty one, and draw the first insert- 

 ed slide. 



a E M ARKS. 



Care must be exercised in performing this 

 operation. The apertures through the floor 

 into the chamber must be kept closed by the 

 slides during the process, so as to keep the 

 bees from rushing up into the chamber when 

 the box is drawn out. The operator must 

 likewise see that the entrances into tlie draw- 

 er are kept covered with the slide, in such a 

 manner as to prevent the escape of any of the 

 be€s, unless he is willing to be stung bv them. 



