BEES, 
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had no access, consequently the bees were left almost wholly to their own 
devices during the working season, at the close of which they were brimstoned, 
and robbed of their stores. It was a great step of progress when movable 
frame hives were invented. By the use of these, artifioial swarming takes the 
place of natural swarming, and instead of the bee-master having to await the 
convenience and caprice of the bees, with the risk of losing swarms if watch 
of the apiary be intermitted, he consults his own convenience, divides over- 
populated colonies, and avoids loss of swarms. Moreover, when stocks 
become queenless and, are in danger of extinction, a new queen, or brood from 
which to rear one, can readily be supplied; moths can be exterminated; 
comb, bees and honey can be given to weak colonies, and surplus honey 
readily taken. The bees, instead of managing themselves under the guidance 
of mere instinct, are managed by £he superior intelligence of their human 
lords. 
THE HONEY EXTRACTOR. 
It was a still further step in improved apiaculture, when the honey extractor 
Was devised. This machine, by the simple application of centrifugal force, 
empties the well-filled combs almost to the last drop of honey, and on their 
HONEY EXTRACTOR. FROM BROKEN COMB. 
being replaced in the hive, the bees at once proceed to refill them. By the 
use of this machine, the yield of honey is doubled, trebled, and even quad- 
rupled, to good seasons. 
THE WAX EXTRACTOR. 
Wax, to be put in shape as the bees-wax of commerce, requires to be melted 
•nd strained, so as to secure perfect purity. This is best done in a double 
