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wax-extractor. 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, the one or two colonies from which 

 the first combs were taken shall receive pay from the last set 



Fig. 158. 



Hoofs Bee-Tent, folded and pitched. 

 — From A, I. Jiuot Co. 



extracted, and thus, with much saving of robbing, in case 

 there is no gathering, we have gone rapidly through the apiary. 



Some apiarists take the first set of combs from a single 

 colony, and leave the colony without combs till they are 

 through for the day. A better way is to keep an extra set of 

 combs on hand. If the bee-keeper works for extracted honey, 

 the extracting-combs should be kept separately in an upper 

 story (Figs. 84 and 87), while the queen and breeding should 

 be kept below in the lower story of the hive. 



In case the bees are not gathering, we shall escape rob- 

 bing and stings by the use of the tent (Fig. 158). This covers 



