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On Rational Bee-Keeping, 
An upright handle is placed upon this wheel, 
at a distance of about two inches from the edge 
of it. By turning this handle the extractor is 
set in motion, and a considerable centrifugal 
force obtained, the honey being flung by the 
motion against the sides of the tub. 
Two minutes will suffice for extracting the 
honey from one side of the comb, which should 
then be reversed, and the operation repeated. 
The section of the extractor, page 90, shows 
an incomplete drawing ; for this reason, we have 
placed opposite to it a front view of the ex- 
tractor, page 91. 
This latter, however, does not show the rods 
which bind together the four uprights, and serve 
to keep the comb in a vertical position. 
Lastly, we should add that, before placing the 
comb in the extractor, the thin coating of wax 
with which the honey is sealed, should be re- 
moved with a knife made for the purpose.^ 
* This knife, in form of a trowel, has a very thin blade, in 
width and length like an ordinary table-knife (see figure). 
