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OUTFIT FOR EXTRACTED-HONEY PRODUCTION.—Chapter III. 
is to slice off the thin layer 
of wax called “cappings,” 
which seals the cells of the 
comb. This uncapping of 
the combs is necessary be- 
fore extracting can be done. 
The blade and the handle of 
Bristle bee-brush. 
this knife are both specially shaped for this purpose. 
Finally, if one has to extract his own honey, a honey-extractor is nec- 
Uneapping-knife. 
essary. This is the machine in 
which the combs are placed 
to extract the honey from 
them. The wax cappings hav- 
ing been sliced off, the honey 
is whirled from the cells by 
centrifugal force. The ac- 
companying cut shows what an extractor is like. 
In making this list of really necessary items in first equipment we have 
assumed that the beginner will buy his frames with 
full sheets of foundation already fastened in them 
by the manufacturer. When having become a more 
extensive beekeeper, he comes to buy foundation 
separately, he will need a wire imbedder with which 
to fix the foundation firmly to the wire in the 
frames. 
To sum up, the list of the beginner’s full 
outfit for producing extracted honey is as follows: 
A double-walled 10-frame hive with its floor and 
stand, queen-excluder, bee-escape board, division- 
board, chaff tray, two or three supers, wired 
frames containing sheets of foundation sufficient 
to fill the hive and supers, inner and outer covers; 
and smoker, bee-veil, gloves, hive-tool, bee-brush, 
uncapping-knife and honey-extractor.. 
18 
\ two-frame honey- 
extractor. 
