440 EXTRACTED HONEY 
allow the bees to escape (586). The tin pans above men- 
tioned are shallow, in the shape of bread pans, large enough 
to receive one of the supers freely, to keep the leaking 
honey from daubing anything, or from attracting robbers 
(G66). They are supplied with strong handles. 
771. We have said that we do not usually take honey 
from the brood chamber, but in an emergency we sometimes 
extract even from combs containing brood. We never no- 
ticed any loss of worker brood unless it was actually thrown 
out. Ifa few worker larvee are displaced by the rotation, 
the bees push them back to the bottom of the cells. In ak 
cases, when there is brood, the crank must be turned slowiv 
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THE DADANT CAPPING-CAN. 
772. In the extracting room, aman, the shaver, as we 
call him, uncaps the combs, as fast as they are brought. 
He stands before the capping-can (fig. 183). The capping 
can is formed of alower can B, 24 inches wide and 14 inches 
high with a slanting bottom, a faucet and a central pivot C. 
