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“ Honey Extractor,” and put up in glass jars, cans, or 
barrels. 
SURPLUS HONEY FROM THE COMMON BOX HIVE. 
The common practice of robbing bees in late summer 
— that is, to remove the top of the common hive, and 
cut out nearly all the honey from above, is a very ob- 
jectionable and usually injurious practice. While a 
large portion of such honey is stored in combs in which 
a brood has been previously raised, each bee hatched 
leaving her mantle or cocoon in the cell, a still larger 
portion is impaired with the bee-bread stored in the 
comb, and thus no marketable honey is obtained, 
while for table use it is far from being that delicious 
sweet, stored in fresh white comb, free from bee-bread 
and other impurities. 
In the act of removing, it frequently occurs that the 
.queen is killed ; and if in autumn, a new queen cannot 
be raised to substitute for her loss, the loss of the 
whole colony is the consequence. While removing, a 
large amount of honey is lost, running over the bees 
and down the bottom board ; robber bees are enticed, 
and the stock usually suffers severely. By the use 
of separate boxes that difficulty can be avoided. The 
boxes should be tight ; cracks or crevices would allow 
the heat from the hive to escape, needed in the early 
