How to Extract. 



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when heated, is thinner, and will of course pass more read- 

 ily through common toweling or fine wire cloth. 



Never allow the queen to be forced to idleness for want 

 of empty cells. Extract all uncapped honey in the fall, 

 and the honey from all the brood-combs not needed for 

 winter. The honey should also be thrown from pieces of 

 drone-comb whicli are cut from the brood-frames, and 

 from the uncapped comb in sections at the close of the 

 season. 



HOW TO EXTRACT. 



The apiarist should possess one or two light comb boxes 

 or baskets (Fig. 109), of sufficient size to hold all the 

 frames from a single hive. These should have convenient 

 handles, and a close-fitting cover. Now, go to two or 



Fig. 



[09. 



Comb Box^ 



three colonies, and take enough combs for a colony. The 

 bees may be shaken off or brushed off with a large feather, 

 pine twig, or other brush. A little experience makes it 

 easy to shake bees — even Italians — from a comb. A quick, 

 forcible, vertical jerk will always do it. We often find that 

 a mild jar, quickly followed by an energetic one, will fell 

 nearly every bee from the comb. The Davis brush (Fig. 

 no) is excellent for removing bees from the combs. It is 



