ITALIAN BEE KEEPING. 



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CHAPTER IV. 



EXTBACTIOJf OF HOJ^EY FROM THE 

 COMB- 

 The simple machine used for extracting the honey from the combs 

 can be made by any tin man from the annexed drawings. The 

 upper part is simply a sqnare tin box and cover (Pig. 11), into 

 which the frame full of honey is placed so as to rest upon 

 the wire grating which forms the bottom of the box, and can 

 be removed to be cleaned. This grating is made of wire netting 

 of five wires to the inch, and is soldered round the edges to a 

 frame of strong iron wire. On one side of this grating (the 

 lower one when it is placed in the smielatore) it is strengthened 

 by two diagonal stout iron wires, which cross each other at the 

 centre, the ends being soldered to opposite corners of the frame. 



The lower part of the smielatore is simply a futmel, shaped like 

 an inverted pyramid (Fig. 10), at the apex of which there is a 

 round tin tube (P), which is closed by a cork (N) when the 



smielatore is whirl 1 1 to extract the honey from the comb, 



and when that Oj^„ ^ ~ l!„~hed the cork is pulled out, and the 



honey flows into any jar placed for it. If the purest honey is 



