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EXTRACTING 
eral use among the producers of extracted 
honey. 
Another method for freeing supers of 
bees (the carbolized-cloth method) is used 
by a few beekeepers. 
The beekeeper provides himself with five 
or six pieces of cotton cloth a little larger 
than the common super. These are soaked 
in a solution of one part of pure carbolic 
acid to nine parts of water. The surplus 
moisture is wrung out, and the damp cloth 
is laid directly on the super after the bees 
have been smoked somewhat. The hive- 
cover, or other board, is then put on top to 
prevent the cloth from drying out too rap¬ 
idly. When one hive is thus prepared the 
beekeeper goes to the next, and so on, until 
the cloths are all on. By that time the bees 
are practically out of the first super, and 
that cloth may be placed on another super, 
and so on. 
This method works best on shallow ex- 
tracting-supers, but is very effective on the 
deep supers. 
If the crude carbolic acid is used, the 
odor is stronger, and there is a little more 
danger of tainting the honey. Unsealed 
honey, especially, takes on this odor easily, 
and for this reason the liquid used should 
not be too strong. 
The advantage of the carbolized-cloth 
method over the others is that there is no 
danger of starting robbing, even if the 
honey flow is over, and the honey may be 
removed from the bees almost immediately 
while it still holds all the heat froip the 
bees. 
TAKING THE COMBS TO THE EXTRACTOR. 
If combs are taken from the hives to the 
extractor at a time when no honey is com¬ 
ing in, care should be taken to keep them 
covered so that no bees may gain access. 
A little carelessness in this respect will 
make all kinds of trouble. 
There are various methods in use for 
transporting the combs of honey from the 
hive to the extracting-room. In small api¬ 
aries the tin comb-buckets with a tight- 
fitting cover holding half a dozen combs 
are very satisfactory. 
Others use larger comb-carriers consist¬ 
ing of a full-s’zed super, with tin nailed on 
the bottom, a handle across the top, and a 
tight-fitting cover in two halves hinged 
together in the center. 
Probably the majority of producers use 
a wheelbarrow with a specially constructed 
comb-bucket. 
box or platform to hold several supers. 
Some apiaries are located where the ground 
is too rough for a wheelbarrow, but by a 
little work the rough places may be 
smoothed up enough to answer very well. 
Certain it 'is that it is easier to move sev¬ 
eral supers with a wheelbarrow than by 
any other plan. 
Mercer’s cart. 
Sometimes a cart having two large 
wheels can be handled easier on rough 
ground than a Avheelbarrow. L. E. Mercer 
of California uses such a cart, equipped 
with pneumatic-tired wheels and a long 
box to receive the combs. 
With either a wheelbarrow or a cart, it is 
advisable to use a specially constructed box 
