26 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
After the cappings have been cut off, the combs are placed 
in an extractor, Fig. 38, which is a tin cylinder, having a 
cage holding two combs, that can be made to revolve quickly 
by means of a handle fastened to the central shaft; in this 
way the honey is slung from the cells on one side of the 
comb; they are then reversed and the other side is dealt with 
Fie. 38. 
in the same manner. The honey is run out through the tap 
at the bottom into a vessel covered with muslin to strain out. 
the tiny particles of wax; it is then put into tins or jars for 
selling. 
After the removal of the supers very little work is necessary 
until the time for wintering, which is described in a later 
chapter. 
VIIL—SUBDUING AND MANIPULATING BEES. 
Bees that are full of food are not inclined to sting, unless 
unduly provoked. The bees constituting a natural swarm are 
good tempered, because before they issue sufficient food is 
taken into the stomach to sustain them for four days—a 
eriod sufficiently long to allow them to establish a new 
ome. When frightened, they provision themselves so that in 
case their home is destroyed they may live until another is 
established. 
