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A flange 2 inches from bottom of upper can forms a support 

 for it by resting on upper edge of lower one. The strainers 

 are made of stout wire-cloth ten meshes to the lineal inch, and 

 permanently fixed to upper can. A tap at bottom and two 

 strong handles to each can make them complete ; cost, 30s. 

 A light wood framework is made to hook on upper rim, as in 

 the figure, on which to rest the frames of combs while uncap- 

 ping them. 



Sometimes it is advisable to extract the honey out of a piece 

 of broken comb, or a whole comb not built in a frame. For 

 this purpose a so-called broken-comb basket of the form shown 

 below (Fig. 71) is convenient. 



The two pieces of wirecloth are joined by hinges at c C. A 

 wire, with two bent ends, B b passes through the tin frame of 

 one piece, and can be easily turned to hook into the other 



C 



Fig. 71.— BROKEN-COMB BASKET. 



frame at A when the comb to be extracted has been placed 

 between the two ; the whole is then suspended on the top 

 bar of the extractor-basket by means of the hooks A A. 



MANIPULATION OF EXTRACTED HONEY. 



The honey as it flows out of the extractor is by no means 

 in a fit condition to be filled into the vessels in which it is to 

 be stored or sent to market ; no matter what care is taken with 

 the uncapping and extracting, there will be some pieces of wax 

 mixed with the honey, and perhaps some larvae or dead bees. 

 If it be passed through a suitable strainer, all these foreign 

 substances may be removed, or if it be collected in a tank and 

 allowed to settle long enough, until they, being lighter than 

 honey, accumulate on the surface, the clean honey may then be 



