loo A Modern Bee-Farm 



the combs, using a feather for the stragglers ; and still another, 

 with shallow frames when fixed securely, is that first adapted to 

 modern hives by James Heddon, of Dowagiac, Mich., who had 

 not the slightest knowledge that his " shaking out " process, had 

 been long practised in this country with fixed combs, where we 

 call it "throwing." 



Empty sets of combs must be in readiness to give the bees 

 where more room may be required, and when full combs have 

 been emptied, they should always be returned in the evening, that 

 all may be cleared up, and the consequent excitement subsided 

 before another day's work commences. 



Well, we have our stored combs in the outer honey house, 

 and now they must go forward into the extracting room, having 

 been cleared of bees. 



We must first be sure that our 



Extracting Machine 



is quite clean, and that it has been firmly secured in a convenient 

 place, high enough that the honey may be run off into another 

 large cylinder or tank, which again must have a treacle valve at a 

 convenient height for drawing off. The strainer must cover the 

 entire mouth of the tank, and be placed directly under the valve 

 of the extractor. We now require an 



Uncapping Can 



which is to be in two sections ; the upper part to receive the 

 cappings, with a strainer at bottom and one or more bars of wood 

 across the top whereon to stand the comb, while with the 



Uncapping Knife, 



resting one end of the comb on the bars, and the upper end held 



by the projecting ear in the left hand, with the top bar towards 



you, with a shghtly diagonal and 



sawing motion carry the knife from 



top to bottom, removing not only 



the cappings but all comb that may 



project beyond the plane of the frame ; reverse, and serve the 



