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BEES FOE PLEASURE AND PEOFIT. 



Pig. 31 A, Extractor; b, Cages of Extractor. 



The "Little Wonder Extractor" (fig. 

 32) was invented some years ago by Mr. 

 Abbot to take one comb at a time ; it is 

 only to be recommended wbere one or two 

 hives are kept and where little extracting 

 is done : it is slung round by a long pole, 

 one end of which rests in the ground. 



As soon as all the combs from the 

 first hive have been extracted, they should 

 be returned, and those from the next hive 

 extracted. The cappings may be collected 

 and melted down for beeswax in a " wax 

 extractor," which may be obtained from 

 any of the dealers. 



Storing Combs in Winter. 



In the autumn, when all the honey 

 gathering is over for the season, and when 

 all the combs have been extracted, they 

 should be placed behind the dummy-board 

 of some weak stock (the dummy having 

 been previously raised slightly to enable 

 the bees to pass under it), for them to 

 clear out, after which they should be done 

 up in brown paper, half a dozen in a parcel, 

 with a few small pieces of camphor to keep away the wax moth. 



Fig. 32.— Little Wonder 

 Extractor ; A Pole on 

 which Extractor re- 

 volves ; B, Spike to fix 

 in gi-ound ; c, Cage for 

 Comb; DjValve through 

 which Honey is let oil". 



