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EXTRACTED HONEY. 



When any comb is removed from the brood chamber, the 

 bees are shaken off in front of the hive, tlie remaining 

 ones are brushed off, and the comb is placed in the comb 

 bucket (fig. 85). The hive is then closed, an empty sur- 

 plus case (fig. 178) is placed in a second tin pan, and the 

 combs of the filled case are, one after another, shaken and 

 brushed in front of the hive and transferred to the empty 

 case. The assistant, usually an apprentice, can help a great 



Fig. 179. 



novice's extractor. 



(From the "A B. C. of Bee Culture.") 



deal in this, and if the bees are handled according to rules, 

 no one need be stung. When the combs are all transferred, 

 the assistant carries the case to the honey room, while the 

 Apiarist prepares to open another colony ; the C3,se whicji 



