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or months, without any further trouble. It is more effective 

 than a smoker, without any of its trouble or mess. 



55. Webster's Subjugator. — This is a liquid which is 

 sprinkled upon pieces of washed calico, and kept in an ordinary 

 Jib. mustard tin to conserve the odour. In use, a piece of this 

 scented calico is laid upon the tops of the frames for a few seconds, 

 or until the bees are thrown into a state of commotion, which can 

 be known by their loud buzzing ; it is then removed, and the 

 colony manipulated. Any return of organisation can be thwarted 

 by applying the calico again. 



If a mixture of carbolic acid and water, say one part of 

 Ca'.veit's No. 5 Carbolic Acid to two parts of water, is sprinkled 

 over a cloth, a good bee-subjugator is obtained. It is used in the 

 same way as the cloth just referred to. 



56. Honey Extractors. — These are appliances used for 

 the purpose of extracting the honey from the combs without 

 any injury that would impair their future utility in being re-filled 



by the bees with honey. A tin cylinder, 

 having a treacle valve at the bottom, is 

 furnished with a rod, or pivot, having one 

 end fitted in a centre at the bottom, and 

 the other carried in a cross-bar, which is 

 screwed on the top of the same. Cages 

 are fitted upon this rod, having very 

 thin, woven wire. The combs, after 

 being uncapped — the cell coverings re- 

 moved — are placed in these cages, each 

 of which accommodates one, when, by 

 rapidly turning the handle connected 

 with the cages, the contents (honey) of 



<- '"^■SSBIIlili ^-'rt -'^ ''■'^- '^°"'''^^ ^''® thrown out into the 

 - — --^:&-_ "> , » SsJ-'^ cylinder by the centrifugal motion im- 



Thelmproued "Guinea" parted thereto. There are numerous 

 Honey Extractor. ggo^ makes on the market, and as an 



extractor has to do a great deal of work, and should last for many 

 years, it is wise to give a good price for it in the first instance. 

 A first-class one should be obtained for about 25s., or, with 

 gearing, 35s. The illustration given is of an extractor known 

 as the Improved " Guinea," the maker being Mr. W. P. Meadows, 

 of Syston, near Leicester. 



57. Wax-extractors. — The trouble and inconvenience 

 experienced by bee-keepers in the separation of wax from the 

 dross contained in the combs, brought forth the inventive genius 

 of a Swiss gentleman named Gerster, who produced an appliance 

 called the "Gerster Wax-extractor." In course of time this has 

 been modified, with the result that there are several wax 



