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project beyond the plane of the frame ; reverse, and serve 



the opposite side in like manner, when the comb is to be 



inserted in one of the cages of the extractor with the top 



bar standing in a direction opposite to that in which the 



revolutions are to be made, as the cells inclining towards 



the top bar, the honey leaves more readily. Now, unless 



the 



Kate of Speed 



be carefully regulated, the operator is liable to break his 

 combs, and thus render them difficult to handle ; but by 

 turning slowly while emptying the first side, the great 

 weight of the other will not force the combs into the wire 

 netting. Now reverse all combs, at first working at a slow 

 pace, but gradually increasing the speed, until you may 

 set the machine going as fast as it can be made to revolve, 

 having already removed the bulk from the opposite sides, 

 though with a steady motion. When at full speed, slip 

 off the multiplying gear if on the horizontal pattern, 

 when a great many revolutions will be made while you 

 can go on uncapping. The combs should again be 

 reversed, and the sides first doneare to be rapidly turned 

 round in the same way. In this manner no combs are 

 damaged, while every drop is obtained ; and most oj the 

 revolutions take place while the operator is uncapping the 

 next set of combs. 



The idea of again using simple motion is creeping in, 

 being recommended under some false notions of economy. 

 In these days of competition we cannot afTord to " creep " 

 along at a snail's pace, and if we can do double the work 

 in a given time, better and cleaner than the " slow-coach " 

 method, surely we are threefold the gainers. 



Combs containing Brood 



can be extracted from only in warm weather, when the 



