EXTRACTING. Chapter XIII, 
next to the hinge in the basket if a reversing extractor is used, in order 
to save strain on the frames. It is quite worth while to use two combs of 
about the same weight; for, if not well balanced, the extractor will run 
unsteadily, and may become-loosened from its support. In case of old 
dark combs whose cell walls are strengthened by many layers of cocoons, 
there will be but little danger of the combs breaking. When new combs 
are extracted—those in which brood has never been raised—greater care 
will be necessary to prevent the combs from breaking badly. Such 
combs should be extracted until] about half of the honey is out of the 
cells of one side; next, the combs should be reversed and the other side 
entirely extracted, and then the rest of the honey extracted from the first 
side. The rapidity with which the extractor may be run will depend upon 
how fast the combs may be whirled without breaking. As just said, old 
combs are much stronger than newly drawn combs. 
When the extracted honey fills the extractor almost to the reel a part 
of it may be drawn off at the faucet and allowed to run into a pail, which 
may then be emptied into the straining-tank, from which it may be run 
into cans or other receptacles in which it is to be stored. 
Care of Sticky Combs. 
As fast as the combs are extracted they may be again placed in the 
supers and stacked up in ‘the honey-house. Along toward night these 
combs still wet with honey may be placed in supers and the supers placed 
on the hives for the bees to clean out the little honey still adhering. The 
bees will clean this out more readily if an empty super, or an escape-board 
with eseape removed, intervenes between them and the brood-chamber. 
Some stack up the combs anywhere outdoors over a floor, giving a 
small entrance at both the bottom and top, and allowing the bees to clean 
the honey out by slow robbing—that is, by going in and out through a 
small entrance at the bottom of the stack. There are objections to this 
plan, however; for, if one is not careful, the robbing will be fast instead 
of slow. Furthermore, if there is danger of disease, such as American 
foul brood, it might by this procedure be scattered all through the apiary. 
How and Where to Store Honey. 
The best place for keeping honey is in a dry room where the tempera- 
ture remains from 70 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. But honey may be kept 
satisfactorily in almost any dry place, although low temperature and sud- 
den changes cause most honey to granulate more quickly. Almost all honey 
will granulate in course of time; some kinds very soon, other kinds not for 
months, or even years. This is true of either comb or extracted honey. 
Heating of extracted honey greatly retards granulation, and for this reason 
most bottled honey is heated when being bottled. 
Honey should be stored in tin cans or crocks that can be easily heated, 
and never left in large tanks where it may candy and be difficult to get out. 
Preparing Honey for Market. 
If the beginner has been fortunate enough to secure a surplus of honey 
beyond his own needs, he may want to consider the matter of marketing. 
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