480 
BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 
no damage arises from leaving the honey within for 
any period convenience may dictate. 
The cages are usually arranged to hold standard 
frames, but it is often desirable to extract from 
unfinished sections, for which no smaller machine 
is required, as these can be conveniently arranged 
on a hanger having a shelf-like stage wide enough 
to carry them ; but since the newly-built combs are 
tender, a little artifice is essential. First, partially 
extract from one side, rotating slowly. The whole 
weight of the honey on the cells of the inner side 
I ^ . 
B ^ 
Fig. 118.— Frame in which to Extract Sections (Scale, xV)- 
A—s, s, s. Shelves ; sq, sq. Squares of Wire Cloth. B, Section of A — c, Comb ; 
other Letterings as before. 
will tend to push the comb from the section, but with 
slight pressure only, as the Table (page 473) will show. 
Now turn the face, and throw out all the honey, 
once more reverse, and complete. A difficulty exists, 
however, in that the combs, when unfinished, are 
much narrower than the boxes, so that the former 
receive no support from the wire cloth. This I 
obviate by a wooden frame 2in. wide (A, Fig. 118) 
about standard size, carrying shelves (y, s, s), upon 
which six sections, 4iin. square, can stand. At the 
