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when heated, is thinner, and will of course pass more read- 
ily through common toweling or fine wire cloth. 
Never allow the queen to be forced to idleness for want 
of empty cells. Extract all uncapped honey in the fall, 
and the honey from all the brood-combs not needed. for 
winter. The honey should also be thrown from pieces of 
drone-comb which are cut from the brood-frames, and 
from the uncapped comb in sections at the close of the 
season. 
HOW TO EXTRACT. 
The apiarist should possess one or two light comb boxes 
or baskets (Fig. 109), of sufficient size to hold all the 
frames from asingle hive. These should have convenient 
handles, and a close-fitting cover. Now, go to two or 
Fic. 109. 
Comb Box, 
three colonies, and take enough combs for a colony. The 
bees may be shaken off or brushed off with a large feather, 
pine twig, or other brush. A little experience makes it 
easy to shake bees—even Italians—from a comb. A quick, 
forcible, vertical jerk will always doit. We often find that 
a mild jar, quickly followed by an energetic one, will fell 
nearly every bee from the comb. The Davis brush (Fig. 
110) is excellent for removing bees from the combs, It is 
