HARVESTING. 



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eau. It is on this frame that the combs are uncapped, and 

 the cappings fall in the sieve, where the honey drains out of 

 them, into the lower can. Our capping can is meant to hold 

 the cappings of two days' extracting. 



Manufacturers generally call this imiDlement "uncapping 



Fig. 209. 



UNCAPPING AND EXTRACTING. 



(From The American Bee Journal.) 



can," because it is used when uncapping. We prefer to call 

 it "capping can," because it receives the cappings. 



'J"5'3. The all-metal extractors, of different makes, are the 

 only ones now in use. Two-frame extractors are the most 



