40 Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 
them swinging about, which is likely to occur if placed the 
opposite way. See that everything is made secure previous to 
starting, and before liberating the bees upon arrival at the 
moors take the horse right out of the way to avoid an accident 
by stinging. 
Combs already drawn out should be used in the supers, and it 
is best to work for sections only, as on account of its gelatinous 
nature it is impossible to extract heather honey by centrifugal 
force. The only way is to squeeze it from the combs by wrapping 
them in muslin or cheese-straining cloth. They are then placed 
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between the grovved plates of a press, Fig. 49; pressure is 
applied by screwing these together as tightly as possible, when 
the honey runs out. Shallow combs are too valuable to be spoilt 
in this way. 
Uncompleted sections from the clover harvest should he 
extracted and used in the racks at the heather; those which 
are fully completed can then be sold intact, while the unfinished 
ones can be extracted by squeezing. 
It is necessary to wrap the bees down well when at the 
moors, to keep up the temperature of the hive during the cold 
nights of autumn. 
