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desired, then on the inside of the funnel, at a short distance from 

 the tube, a second and mnoh finer grating may be soldered to the 

 sides of the funnel. For this a piece of the finest -wire nettiag, 

 4in. by 3in., is required ; it is bound with a, narrow border of tin, 

 and soldered in its place. This finer grating will clear the honey of 

 any particle of wax, pollen, &c. The handle of the smielatore is 

 of thick iron wire, curved as shown in the figures, and fixed to the 

 two sides of the smielatore. 



How TO Use the Smielatoke. 



Ha-ring taken a frame with honey in the comb (if the cells are 

 full and have been sealed up by the bees, it will be necessary to out 

 away the coverings, so that the honey may fiow freely), lay it on the 

 upper compartment, shut the smielatore, and hang it by loop M on 

 a stout stick about 5ft. long. By moving the stick swing the smiela- 

 tore round afew times, then open it, turn the frame so as to take the 

 honey on the other side of the comb, again swing the smielatore 

 round the stick a few more times, and then all the honey that was 

 in the comb wiU be found in the funnel, and may be drawn off 

 through the tap. Replace the empty comb in the hive, and in a 

 few days the bees will have refilled it. The same operation may 

 be repeated again and again during the season. 



To learn the way to swing the smielatore, first practise with it 

 empty. Hang it on any stout stick, and let two people hold the ends 

 of the stick and swing it round at arm's length. Then by degrees 

 let one person hold one end steadily, and the other person will soon 

 find that he alone can swing the smielatore round. Also practise 

 stopping it when the funnel points down, by suddenly with one hand 

 catching hold of the iron handle ; for if the smielatore is stopped sud- 

 denly when upside down, frame and honey may all fall to the ground. 



When one person alone has thus learnt how to swing the smiela- 

 tore, get a stout straight ashen bar, 5ft. long and lira, in diameter 

 (L), and at 1ft. Sin. from one end out round it a small groove (M) 

 (don't cut deeply, or the stick will break), in which the loop of the 

 handle of the smielatore wUl fit. Fix with screws an iron loop at 

 the end, as in Fig. 10, and at the same time prepare another iron 

 loop, which may be firmly fixed in a wall or the back of a door. 

 Then practise a few times with the empty smielatore, and you will 

 find that it can be worked by one person alone. 



Smielatoee foe Laege Apiabies. 

 When there are forty, fifty, or more hives, it will be necessary to 

 get a much larger machine, which, with wheel, &c. , extracts the honey 

 from /ottr frames at a time. These are easily procurable in Florence, 

 but I win not attempt to describe them in this short account. 



