440 



EXTBACTED HONEY 



allow the bees to escape (686). The tin pans above men- 

 tioned are shallow, in the shape of bread pans, large enough 

 to receive one of the supers freely, to keep the leaking 

 honey from daubing anything, or from attracting robbers 

 (666). They are supplied with strong handles. 



771. We have said that we do not usually take honey 

 from the brood chamber, butin an emergency we some'imes 

 extract even from combs containing brood. We never no- 

 ticed any loss of worker brood unless it was actually thrown 

 out. If a few worker larvae are displaced by the rotation, 

 the bees push them back to the bottom of the cells. In all 

 cases, when there is brood, the crank must be turned slowly. 



Hg. 183. 

 THE DADANT CAPPING-CAN. 



773. In the extracting room, a man, the shaver, as we 

 call him, uncaps the combs, as fast as they are brought. 

 He stands before the capping-can (flg. 183). The capping 

 can is formed of a lower can B, 24 inches wide and 14 inches 

 high with a slanting bottom, a faucet and a central pivot C. 



