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OUTAPIARIES 



Exti'actors will be taken up further in another chapter dealing 

 witli extracting liouses and equipment. 



Replacing Supers 



Tliere is some advantage in extracting before the close of the 

 honey flow. In fact it will pa^' the apiarist to make a careful 

 study of the honey flora and the honey flow and so time his opera- 

 tions that the extracting may be done just as the flow is ending, 



lose no honey, and still not 

 be extracting during a 

 honey dearth. 



During a honey flow the 

 supers maj' be returned to 

 the hives as fast as extract- 

 ed, the same number being 

 replaced on each colony 

 as it had before. 



But in a honey dearth 

 robbing will certainly be 

 aggravated. It is better to 

 wait till the close of the 

 day when all supers may be 

 returned in a short time. 

 All can then be cleaned 

 by the colonies before 

 morning. For carrying 

 supers back to the apiary 

 a hand barrow is verj' 

 desirable. Two men can 

 carry from ten to twenty 

 supers at a load while one 

 man in the apiary smokes 

 the bees and replaces 

 equipment. 



Some few beekeepers 

 practice setting freshly ex- 



Fig. 2:!. The l''nince honey strainer is 



cylindrical and will fit directly into the 



honev-tank. 



