186 THE HONEY EXTRACTOR AND ITS USE. 
winter to remain sealed, and to be kept over until an- 
other winter; thorough extracting will avoid this. 
Brood-rearing is stimulated by extracting the brood- 
combs. Such combs in the brood-nest as are designed 
for winter stores, should not be extracted too late in the 
season, as late-gathered honey is not usually so desirable 
for winter consumption. In changing hives, as here- 
after directed, and extracting all the combs, a marked ad- 
vantage will be derived in the expulsion and destruction 
of every moth-worm. In uncapping honey in brood- 
combs, use care not to disturb the cells containing brood. 
A little caution is all that is necessary, as the honey-cells 
are usually lengthened out more than the brood-cells. 
After the combs are all extracted they should be arrang- 
ed in the hive in the same order as before. If still more 
hives are to be extracted, this hive may be used, in the 
process of changing, as above alluded to. Remove the 
next hive to be operated with, put No. 1 in its place, 
and shake all the bees before it, when they will enter, and 
work with even more energy than before the operation. 
Extract the combs from this, and proceed to the next in 
the same manner. When the round is completed, place 
the last hive and its contents upon the stand of No. 1, 
now occupied by an empty hive and bees, shake the bees 
into it, and release the queen. 
In extracting, I netice the condition of each colony. 
If the first one is populous, containing a large amount of 
brood, I select for the second, one that has less bees, as 
in this way the brood furnished them, will place them in 
better condition. The next swarm selected, should be 
more populous, and so on. This equalization benefits all, 
giving the weaker ones more working force, and the 
better ones more room for stores. When the general 
harvest begins, I prefer that all the honey then in the hive 
be extracted and kept by itself, thus preventing all mixing 
of light and dark honey. A little care in observing the 
