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Bee-Keeping Simplified for the 



them swinging about, which is likely to occur if placed the 

 opposite way. See that everything is made secure previous to 

 starting, and before liberating the bees upon arrival at the 

 moors take the horse right out of the way to avoid an accident 

 by stinging. 



Oombs already drawn out should be used in the supers, and it 

 19 best to work for sections only, as on account of its gelatinous 

 nature it is impossible to extract heather honey by centrifugal 

 force. The only way is to squeeze it from the combs by wrapping 

 them in muslin or cheese-straining cloth. They are then placed 



Fia. 49. 



between the grooved plates of a press, Fig. 49; pressure is 

 apphed by screwing these together as tightly as possible, when 

 the honey runs out. Shallow oombs are too valuable to be spoilt 

 in this way. 



Uncompleted sections from the clover harvest should be 

 extracted and used in the racks at the heather; those which 

 are fully completed can then be sold intact, while the unfinished 

 ones can be extracted by squeezing. 



It is necessary to wrap the bees down well when at the 

 moors, to keep up the temperature of the hive during the cold 

 niffhts of autumn. 



