THE MONEY EXTRACTOR AND ITS USE. 187 
cessation of tho yield from different kinds of flowers, 
will enable the apiarian to keep different qualities of honey 
separate, the advantage of which is eelf-cvident. 
CURING EXTRACTED ILONEY. 
Much has been said against the practice of extracting 
what is termed unripe honey. It is maintained that the 
honey must remain in the combs until well cured and 
capped over. I have refrained from committing myself 
on this point, until I could speak from years of experi- 
mental knowledge. I have extracted honey in every 
stage, from that which was gathered the same day, to 
that which was sealed over ; and I shall advise extracting 
honey before it is sealed. Much labor is saved to the 
bees, in not being obliged to cap the cells, and the opera- 
tor is spared the trouble of uncapping them. If the 
honey is properly cared for, it will be found to be equally 
fine, without regard to the rfpeness when extracted. Cur- 
ing honey simply means a proper evaporation of the 
water it contains. This is accomplished in the hive by 
its being subjected toa high degree of temperature be- 
fore it is sealed. The same result may be produced, by 
maintaining similar conditions, after it is extracted. I 
have extracted honey in wet seasons, when it was unusu- 
ally thin, and found it necessary to place the cans in arti- 
ficial heat, until it was sufficiently evaporated. 
Honey is very often injured by being stored in a 
wooden cask or pail in a damp place. It should be kept 
in tin, or, if in wood, the vessel should be first coated in- 
side with wax. The process of coating casks is given in 
Chapter XVI., on Marketing Honey. 
Honey should always be kept in a dry room. If stored 
in a cask which has first been coated with wax, the hole 
through which it is filled should be left open. For some 
years, I have marketed my extracted honey in tin cans. 
