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turning slowly while emptying the first side the great weight 

 of the other will not force the combs into the wire netting. 

 Now reverse all combs, at first working at a slow pace, but 

 gradually increasing the speed, until you may set the machine 

 going as fast as it can be made to revolve, having already 

 removed the bulk from the opposite sides, though with a 

 steady motion. When at full speed, slip off the multiplying 

 gear if on the horizontal pattern, when a great many-revolu- 

 tions will be made while you can go- on uncapping. The 

 combs should again be reversed, and the sides first done are 

 to be rapidly turned round in the same way. In this manner 

 no combs are dama.ged, while every drop of honey is obtained ; 

 and most of the revolutions take place while the operator is uncapping 

 the next set of combs. 



The idea of again using simple motion is creeping in, being 

 recommended uffder some false notions of economy. In 

 these days of competition we cannot afford to "creep" along 

 at a snail's pace, and if we can do double the work in a given 

 time, better and cleaner than the "slow-coach" method, 

 surely we are threefold the gainers. 



Combs containing Brood 



can be extracted from only in warm weather, when the speed 

 required for the first side of, heavy combs ta prevent them 

 breaking must not at any time be exceeded. With care, none 

 of the larvse will be displaced, and here again the multiplying 

 gear will give the more even motion. It is safer to extract 

 not at all from combs containing brood. 



Storage. 



Our honey is running through the strainer, and presently 

 the tank will be full ; when it will be necessary to draw off 

 and again strain into other receptacles, all of which must be 

 convenient for filling smaller vessels as needed. In lieu of 

 lids, the storage tanks must be covered with cloths carefully 



