Comb Box. 



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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. 95), of sufficient size to hold all the frames from 

 a single hive. These should have convenient handles, and a 

 close-fitting cover, which will slide either way. Now, go to 



Fig. 95. 



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Comb Box. 



two or three colonies, and take enough combs, and of the right 

 kind, for a colony. The bees may be shaken off or brushed off 

 with a large feather, pine twig, or other brush. If the bees 

 are troublesome, close the box as soon as each comb is placed 

 inside. Extract the honey from these, using care not to turn 

 so hard as to throw out the brood. If necessary, with a thin 

 knife pare off the caps, and after throwing the honey from one 

 side, turn the comb around, and extract it from the other. 

 If the combs are of very different weights, it will be better for 

 the extractor to use those of nearly equal weights on opposite 

 sides, as the strain will be much less. Now take these combs 

 to another colony, whose combs shall be replaced by them. 

 Then close the hive, extract this second set of combs, and 

 thus proceed till all the honey has been extracted. At the close, 



