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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 atc 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 
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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 larve 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 
