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PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED HONEY 



the bulk of the honey. It is drawn into the cans as soon as it has 

 settled a few hours, and is then ready to ship to a wholesale 

 market, or with the cans tightly closed is safe from dust or 

 spilling, if the honey is later to be sold in small containers 

 (Fig. 82).^ 



Galvanized iron tanks are quite commonly used for storage, 

 though some use wood tanks for this purpose. In some localities 

 barrels are used, but this is no longer common in many localities 

 in the United States. Honey should not be left long in open 



Fig. 82. — Sixty pound cans for extracted honey. 



tanks for reasons of cleanliness. It is thought also that honey 

 exposed long to the air loses some of the delicate aroma peculiar 

 to the finer grades. 



Uncapping Boxes. — Several different kinds of uncapping 

 cans or boxes are in the market, and many more are in use in the 

 apiaries. The accumulation of cappings during a week's extract- 

 ing will be surprising. It is not only necessary to save these cap- 

 pings for the wax they contain, but much honey will be carried 

 with them which, also, is to be cared for. 



A good uncapping can provides for the draining of the cap- 

 pings, so that the honey will separate from them as rapidly as 

 possible. Some of the boxes made for this purpose have slatted 



