28 BEE-FARMING. 



improvements, however, upon the Italian machine, which 

 is scarcely available for our system of bee management. 



Years ago we were wishing to meet with some cheap 

 machine, such as the Bee-Farmer's Extractor, but we 

 searched in vain ; now no one need complain, for we have 

 a cheap machine, easy to work, cleanly in use, and a great 

 advance upon the old system. Only one is required for a 

 large apiary ; it can be cleansed with boiling water in a few 

 ssconds, and it is at once ready for use. 



HOW TO USE THE EXTRACTOR. 



Of course, the Extractor can only be used with the bar- 

 frames, such as are found in the Bee-Farmer's Hive. 

 Before commencing to use the machine gently smoke the 

 hive at the entrance, then unscrew the top-board, first re- 

 moving one bar at the end of the hive, and carefully replacing 

 the top-board. Fix this in the machine, and, having removed 

 all the honey from both sides of the bar-frame, replace it 

 in the hive, and take away the frame at the other end of 

 tlie hive. The only care needed is not to break the comb, 

 for this cannot well be repaired, and results in heavy loss of 

 honey and time, and do not be rash or hasty in your move- 

 ments when removing the frames from the hive, but do it 

 so gently that the bees will scarcely perceive their loss ; in 

 fact, our experience has been that 

 the bees begin to store it again with 

 honey in about an hour after it is 

 returned to the hive. Before placing 

 the comb in the box cut ofF the caps 



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place the cut side first on the wire box). 



grating, then fix the machine in the ring of the handle of a 

 long house-brush or anything similar ; now it only remains 



