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PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTED HONEY 



extracting house. If there is an extracting room near at hand 

 they are wheeled in, in a cart or wheelbarrow (Fig. 98), or if 

 they must be taken some distance to the central plant, they are 

 set in a wagon or automobile in which they are hauled home. 

 If escapes are used they must be put in place the day before 



Fig. 98. — Wheelbarrow load of extracting supers. 



the honey is to be taken off, which is often inconvenient, espe- 

 cially at outyards. 



Extracting at Once. — The honey can never be extracted as 

 easily as when first taken from the hives in warm weather. It 

 sometimes becomes necessary to leave a part of the work to be 

 done after the close of the season. If the weather is cool, a warm 

 room will be necessary and even then honey that has stood in the 

 honey house for several weeks will be thrown out with more or 

 less difficulty. With a power-driven extractor it is possible to get 

 the combs much cleaner than with the hand machine. 



