TUE TONEY EXTRACTOR AND ITS USE. 185 
number is obtained. This indicates the wisdom of em- 
ploying the bees, at intervals when their labor is not 
directed towards surplus, in building such combs for 
future use, a3 clsowhero suggested. 
TOW TO EXTRACT. 
If one or two empty frames are at hand, place them in 
an empty hive. Remove the hive to be extracted from 
its stand, and put this empty hive in its place. Open the 
hive that has been removed, find and cage the queen, and 
place her in the empty hive on the old stand. Now shake 
and. brush the bees from the combs in front of the empty 
hive, and take the combs to the room where the extract- 
ing is to be done. With the honey knife, remove all cap- 
ping from both sides, where the honey is sealed over. 
The knife must be drawn from heel to point, in order to 
cut the capping off smoothly, and avoid bruising the ends 
of the cells. After all the cells are uncapped, place two 
or four combs in the extractor, as it may hold, and turn 
it with sufficient speed to throw out all the honey. 
‘When the cells on one side are emptied, reverse them 
and extract the opposite side. Proceed in this way un- 
til all are emptied. Honey may be thrown from the 
most tender combs without injuring them. When ex- 
tracting from old combs, we get n@ pollen or anything 
but the pure honey, thereby avoiding the impurities in- 
cident to old fashioned strained honey. The inexperi- 
enced should carefully observe the speed requisite to throw 
out the honey, and where there are brood-combs, avoid 
turning fast enough to dislodge the brood. 
Some writers claim that it is not practicable to extract 
combs which contain any brood. I have practised it 
freely, and when it is done judiciously, I see no harm re- 
sulting, while several desirable ends are accomplished. 
I do not wish any honey that has been in the hive one 
