EXTRACTED HONEY 



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Unripe honey, besides being thin, and lacking in flavour 

 and aroma, is liable to ferment. Unsealed honey left 

 over at the end of the season should be kept to itself 

 after extracting, and may be used as syrup for feeding. 

 Assuming the first super to be full of sealed honey, 

 free it from bees by means of the super clearer and 

 remove indoors for extracting. 



The Extractor is a machine in which the combs (after 

 removing the cap- 

 pings) are placed, and 

 the honey removed 

 by centrifugal force, 

 leaving the combs un- 

 injured, and ready to 

 be again refilled with 

 honey by the bees. 

 Considering the quan- 

 tity of honey consumed 

 by the bees when se- 

 creting wax, and the 

 time taken in comb- 

 building, together 

 with the shortness of 

 the honey season, it 

 will be readily per- 

 ceived that in the 

 extractor we possess 

 perhaps the most im- 

 portant appliance of modern beekeeping. 



As to the choice of an extractor, the reader is advised 

 to consult the catalogue of some reliable bee appliance 

 manufacturer. Both the ' ' Cowan " and Meadow's Raynor 

 extractor are perfectly reliable instruments, the former 

 being fitted with an arrangement whereby the combs 

 are automatically reversed without removing from the 

 extractor. Multiplying gear is essential. 



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THE "cowan" rapid REVERSIBLE 

 EXTRACTOR 



