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on) be considered necessary. But people who keep only very 

 few hives, and do not care for a little more trouble with the 

 comparatively few combs they may require to extract in the 

 season, may find it convenient to use a 



SINGLE-COMB EXTRACTOR. 



A simple and cheap implement of this sort was introduced 

 in 1875 by Mr. Abbott in England, where it is extensively used 



by cottagers and 

 others cultivating 



on a small 

 scale. It is known 

 by the name of the 

 "Little Wonder;" 

 can be had for 

 about one-third of 

 the price of a two- 

 comb extractor, 

 and is of the con- 

 struction shown in 

 Fig. 65. 

 The can, or body, 

 is made of tin, two 

 broad straps of the 

 same material are 

 soldered to it and 

 screwed to the 

 handle. A frame 

 of wire netting (a, 

 b) is made to fit 

 inside, against 

 which the comb 

 is placed after 

 being uncapped. 

 The iron pin at the 

 lower end of the 

 upright rod being 

 firmly fixed in the 

 floor, a circular 

 motion is given to 

 the machine by a 



sway of the hand 

 which grasps the 

 loose portion of 

 the handle on the 

 top. As the revo- 

 lutions increase in 

 rapidity the honey 

 is thrown out of 

 the comb into the 

 can, from which 

 it may be drawn 

 off by the opening 

 on top. 



SIX-COMB EXTRAC- 

 TOR. 



In order to faci- 

 litate the work in 

 large apiaries ex- 

 tractors have been 

 made to take three, 

 four, six, or even 

 eight combs at a 

 time. The engrav- 

 ing on next page re- 

 presents one that I 

 have had made for 

 use at the Mata- 

 mata Apiary. 



The following 



description of this 



1 utile wokbee." machine was given 



