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should be left on for wintering, and provides the best 

 winter passage-way known. Fig. 14 shews a honey 

 and fruit press, and is a most useful article. It very 

 often happens that combs are broken in the extractor, 

 and if many hives are kept, there are sure to be odd 



Fig. 14. 



pieces of comb. If these are collected and put into 

 the perforated box A, a few turns of the wheel will 

 so press the honeycomb that all the honey will ooze 

 out of the holes and run down into the tray 

 underneath, while the wax will remain behind, and 

 can easily be taken out in a cake. A very useful bee 

 escape is shewn at fig. 15. It is fastened over a hole 

 in a box, or in the cover of the hive, and a bee is 

 shewn going towards two little springs which move 

 very easily. Only one bee can go out at a time, and 



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