forated zinc or a series of parallel wires with openings of such size 
that the workers can pass through but the queen and drones, because 
of the larger thoraces, are debarred. 
This is used in extracted honey production to confine the queen and 
her brood-rearing operations to the brood chamber. 
Uncapping Knife 
When extracted honey is to be produced, before the honey can be 
extracted, the cell cappings must be removed. This is done with a 
disc e 
Fig. 26. Bingham uncapping knife (Root). 
specially constructed knife. The Bingham uncapping knife (Fig. 26) 
is recommended. For a large outfit a steam heated knife is sometimes 
used, but it has no value to the side-line beekeeper. Some good bee- 
keepers find a large straight bladed butcher’s knife satisfactory for 
uncapping. 
Honey Extractor 
After the cappings are removed from them the filled combs are 
placed in the honey extractor, rapidly whirled, the honey thereby 
being thrown out, and the comb is returned for refilling. The extractor 
removes the honey from only one side of a comb at a time and the 
combs must be turned before the other side is extracted. The wire 
cloth baskets (comb pockets), in which the frame is held during 
Fig.-27. Novice honey extractor (Root). 
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