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little, if any, in sections or boxes. By use of the extractor 
we can avoid swarming, and thus work for honey instead 
of increase of colonies. 
By use of the extractor,.at any time or season, the apiarist 
—especially the beginner—can secure nearly if not quite 
double the amount of honey that he could get in combs. It 
requires much more skill to succeed in procuring comb 
honey than is required to secure extracted. The beginner 
will usually succeed far better if he work for extracted 
- honey. : 
The extractor enables us to remove uncapped honey in 
the fall, which, if left in the hive, may prove injurious to 
the bees. : 
By use of the extractor, too, we can throw the honey from 
our surplus brood-combs in the fall, and thus have a salable 
article, and have the empty combs, which are invaluable 
for use the next spring. 
If the revolving racks of the extractor have a wire basket 
attachment (Fig. 107) as I have suggested, the uncapped 
sections can be emptied in the fall and used the following 
spring at a marked advantage. Pieces of drone-comb 
cut from the brood chamber, which are so admirable for 
starters in the sections, can be emptied of their honey at 
any season. 
By use of the extractor, we can furnish, at two-thirds 
the price we ask for comb honey, an article which is equal, 
if not superior, to the best comb honey, and which, were 
it not for appearance alone, would soon drive the latter from 
the market. 
Indeed, extracted honey is gaining so rapidly in public 
favor that even now its production is far in excess of that 
of comb honey. * 
WHEN TO USE THE EXTRACTOR. 
If extracted honey can be sold for fifteen cents, or even 
‘for ten or twelve, the extractor may be used profitably the 
summer through; otherwise it may be used as suggested 
by the principles stated above. 
I would always extract just as the bees commence cap- 
ping the honey. Then we avoid the labor of uncapping, 
