PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING 47 
right side up in the super, the foundation becoming firmly Axed in 
a moment. 
To remove the bees from the supers when the latter are rilléd 
with honey, a handy device known as the Porter bee escape has been 
provided. It consists of two springs so adjusted as to permit a bee 
to squeeze out but not to return,—operating in effect like a rat 
trap. This little tin device is fitted in the center of a honey board 
the size of the top of the hive and then slipped under the super the 
night before it is desired to remove the honey. Care should be taken 
not to smoke the bees much when removing comb honey as this 
alarms them and they bite into the white cappings and so cause 
the sections to run and drip afterwards. By morning the greater 
Fig. 11—A rotary honey extractor. 
part of the bees will be out and the sections can be easily taken 
away in the best of condition. The super should not be allowed 
to remain long on the hive after the bees have left it, if the weather 
is at all warm, as there is no ventilation after the bees are gone and 
the combs are likely to melt down and cause the honey to run. This 
same device may be used also with top stories but usually it goes 
much faster to brush the bees with full frames and it does not mat- 
ter if the cappings are injured in this case. To keep the bees from 
returning to the combs as they are taken from the hive, the combs 
may be placed in what is known as a comb bucket. T his bucket 
is made of tin with a cover and arranged to carry four or five combs 
