EXTRACTING 
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A practical extracting outfit for the beginner. The barrel with both heads knocked out and a coarse 
screen nailed to the bottom makes a ~very good uncapping-ean when supported over a tub. A leaky barrel 
is all the better. Instead of a screen a large number of holes may be bored in the bottom and sides; then 
when one barrel is full it may be replaced by another. A large cheese cloth bag with a barrel-hoop nailed to 
the mouth, and supported in a can, makes an efficient strainer that fills all requirements. The honey is not 
supposed to be drawn off until the straining-can is full. Bits of cappings and other impurities will thus 
float to the surface instead of gathering in the cloth and filling it up. Of course a good tight barrel will 
answer just as well as a metal can, provided it has a faucet or gate at the bottom. 
The knives used in slicing off the cap¬ 
pings must be especially made. Large¬ 
sized butcher-knives may be used; but, 
ordinarily, these do not give good results 
See use of Bingham knife, page 332. 
The supers of combs to be extracted 
should be placed within easy reach of the 
uncapping-receptacle. Then one at a time 
the combs are removed and held with the 
top-bar away from the manipulator, and 
the end-bar resting on the nailpoint of the 
cross-bar. Holding the upper end of the 
frame with the left hand, and tilting the 
upper end slightly to the right so that the 
cappings may fall freely, begin at the 
lower end of the comb and with an ordi¬ 
nary uneapping-knife (dipped in hot wa¬ 
ter if desired) cut the cappings from the 
entire right side of the comb, performing 
the operation with a kind of sawing mo¬ 
tion. If the comb contains any depres- 
Gravity method of clarifying. A large cheese¬ 
cloth bag is supported in the tank. No honey is 
drawn off into cans until the tank is full, and then 
no faster than it is poured in. All bits of cappings 
float to the surface of the bag, hence the cheese 
cloth does not clog up. A heavy wire hoop in the 
bottom of the bag overcomes any tendency of the 
cloth to float. The honey is drawn off into cans. 
