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MONEY IN BEES IN AUSTRALASIA 



GENERAL WORK IN WINTER. 



WARMING EXTRACTING COMBS. 

 One disagreeable feature of extracting in the winter 

 is the coldness of the honey and its reluctance to leave 

 the cells. Apiarists subject to these unusual flows of 



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honey contrive to have a tight room, the temperature of 

 which is raised by a kerosene stove or other means, and 

 supers of honey are stored here until the combs are warm 

 enough to extract. The supers should be piled "criss 

 cross" so that the warm air can circulate about the 

 combs. Of course the upper portion of the room will be 

 the warmest, and the supers on the top should be 

 extracted first. It will take a few hours to warm up the 

 combs thoroughly, because honey is a slow conductor of 

 heat. Should the thermal register be too great there is 

 a danger of the combs falling from the frames as the 

 beeswax will be hot long before the dense body of honey. 



