EXTRACTING HONEY. 



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The process of extracting is extremely simple, and a little practice 

 will enable an observing person to do it well (fig. 55). As indicated 

 above, some judgment is required in the selection of combs, regard 

 being had to the future condition of the colony. The filled combs, as 

 fast as removed, are idaced in a light case the size of a hive, or a tin can 

 made specially for the purpose, covered closely to jirevent the access 



Fig. 55. — Unrappinn aiid extracting honey. (Original.) 



of robbers, and taken to the extracting room, which should be bee-proof. 

 It is not always necessary to use such care in excluding all bees, but 

 the novice should imictice it until he learns to distinguish by the actions 

 of the bees when such precautions maybe dispensed with. Whenever 

 possible the stories containing surplus honey should be lifted up and 

 honey boards containing bee escapes slipped between them and the 



