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the next. In my apiary, I usiydlv have a man or boy taking out frames, and 
brushing off the bees ; one or two boys 
carrying them to the extracting-room ; one 
uncapping, another extracting, and one put- 
ting back the frames as fast as they are 
emptied. In this way all keeps moving 
along, and we can take thus from 1,000 to 
2,000 pounds of honey per day in the height of the season. 
TREATMENT OF EXTRACTED HONEY. 
"The honey is put into large tin tanks and open barrels, left to ripen 
from six to twelve days. It is then drawn off into tin cans holding 2£, 5 and 
10 pounds. The cans should be made with a bale and screw top, so as to be 
ready either for shipment or for sale in the original packages. I sometimes 
6hip in barrels. These should only hold 100 pounds, and must be coated 
inside with wax. 
COMB HONEY. 
" I take all my comb honey in sections. During the past season I have 
greatly increased the yield of comb honey by the use of a perforated zino 
plate as a divider. The holes will admit the passage of worker bees, but not 
the queen, who can thus be confined within a limited space, her laying 
restricted to that space, and the whole worker force of the hive employed in 
filling the sections with comb honey. Should this plan continue to work well, 
it will add largely to the yield of comb honey. Section honey can be taken 
above the frames, and at the back part of the hive. Extracted honey can be 
fed back to the bees, and stored in sections. By the proper use of the 
extractor along with sections, more honey can be got, and stocks kept equally 
strong as on the old system. 
PREPARATION FOR WINTERING. 
"When the honey harvest is over, see that all stocks have young or still 
vigorous queens. Remove all failing queens, and replace with young and 
vigorous ones. Remove all surplus comb, and store it up for use another year. 
Crowd the bees into a compact form. If short of honey, feed them with 
pure granulated sugar syrup (2 pounds of sugar to 18 ounces water). As 
soon as the honey harvest shows signs of failure, feed the bees a little to keep 
up breeding, and, as soon as the first frost kills the flowers, feed liberally, until 
there is'a sufficient store for winter ; then feed lightly to keep up breeding as 
late in the season as possible. Plenty of young bees are the best security for 
wintering well. If the bees are all old in the fall, they will die off befor* 
young ones are hatched out to take their places in the spring. 
