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EXTRACTING 
speed, the entire amount of honey on the 
other side would probably crack the comb. 
On the other hand, if the combs have been 
used for brood-rearing for a time before 
they are put into use for extracted honey, 
they are greatly strengthened by the fibrous 
cocoons. With such combs, and especially if 
the extracting is done in hot weather, when 
pact. For a central extracting plant the 
eight-frame Buckeye extractor is the 
one to select, the latter sizes requiring 
power for turning, such as a gasoline en¬ 
gine, for they are too heavy to turn by 
hand except in an emergency. The large 
extractors have a great advantage over 
the small ones in that the combs can be 
A closer view of the pump, showing the construction, method of belting, 
arrangement of pipe and hose connections and manner of tapping into 
kept in motion so much longer. For in¬ 
stance, in the large size eight combs can 
be kept going until eight more have been 
uncapped; and, of course, this longer 
time than is practicable, say, with a four- 
frame machine, means that the combs are 
extracted just that much cleaner. Any 
honey left in the cells is wasted. 
the honey is not likely to be thick and 
waxy, it is not necessary to observe so 
much caution. 
CHOOSING AN EXTRACTOR FOR THE LARGER 
PRODUCER. 
For hauling from one outyard to an¬ 
other the four-frame reversible extractor 
is just the thing, for it is small and com- 
