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crown-board of the hive a floor-board (or, as it is gener- 

 ally called, an adapting board) of its own to be removed 

 with it ; it may be severed from the attachments of the 

 combs by a thin wire or string. When removed the 

 super will probably be thickly populated with Bees, who 

 will be reluctant to leave ; if a Bee-trap be used, their 

 riddance is easy, but in default of that appliance, some 

 trouble will be found. If the combs be on bars or frames, 

 remove them one at a time, and brush the Bees off; but 

 if they be fixed as they would be in a glass, remove it, 

 turn it up, and many Bees will fly home. It had better 

 then be covered up for a short time secure from robbers, 

 again turned up, and more will go ; repeat this until 

 clear, or if it be taken into a room the Bees will fly to 

 the window, which may be afterwards opened to give 

 them exit. Some instructions on this subject will also 

 be found under the head of Drone and Bee Traps. 



Should any breeding have taken place in the super, 

 search must be made for the Queen ; if she be found she 

 must be returned at once to the hive. 



THE HONEY-EXTRACTOR OR SLINGER. 



This is a modern invention borrowed from the 

 Germans, improved in America, and still further in 

 England. The figure illustrates the machine for which 

 the first prize was awarded to Mr. Cowan at the 1876 

 Bee Show, and it will give a good idea of the in- 

 strument, so that I will merely say that the can is 

 made of galvanized iron, 20 inches in diameter, by 

 24 in height, and forms a fixed reservoir, with an outlet 

 closed by a treacle valve near the bottom, intended 

 to let out the honey when extracted. Within the re- 

 servoir is a revolving four-sided frame of wire-work, 



