BEE MANUAL. 149 
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 sway of the hand 
others cultivating / which grasps the 
bees on a small |i loose portion of 
a 
scale. It isknown {if the handle on the 
bythe nameofthe {| top. As the revo- 
“Little Wonder;” @& lutions increase in 
can be had for ! rapidity the honey 
is thrown out of 
the comb into the 
about one-third of 
can, from which 
| 
! 
the price of a two- | 
comb extractor, — || 
and is of the con- it may be drawn 
| off by the opening 
| on top. 
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. 
Theiron pin at the 
lower end of the 
upright rod being 
firmly fixed in the 
floor, a circular The following 
motion is given to description of this 
the machine by a Fiz, 65,--\\ LITTLE WONDER.” machine was given 
SIX-COMB EXTRAC- 
TOR. 
In order to faci- 
litate the work in 
large apiaries ex- 
tractors have been 
madetotake three, 
four, six, or even 
eight combs at a 
time. The engray- 
ing onnext page re- 
presents one that I 
have had made for 
use at the Mata- 
mata Apiary. 
