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The way to get rid of them is to burn some sulphur underneath the frames, 
first stopping up any crevices that the fumes may not escape. Spiders and 
are no bee-moth larve in them, as they will spoil the combs if not prevented. 
bee-moth, with, perhaps, ants in some places, are amongst the worst enemies . 
of bees. 
WATER FOR BEES. 
A. dish of water placed a few yards from the hive is desirable, as it some- ; 
times saves them going a considerable distance for it, and during early spring 
and autumn, or when they are rearing brood’ largely they use large 
quantities of water. A few pieces of stone or cork will give the bees the 
xequisite foothold. : 
EXTRACTING HONEY. 
After removing a super full of honey, if should be taken to the honey-house 
or a place where the bees will not bother you when extracting. The combs 
should then be uncapped over an uncapping can or a tin dish, with small holes 
punched in the bottom to let the cappings drain through. If a strong hard- — 
wood bar is fastened across the dish, and a spike made out of a largo nail and 
sharpened to a point is putin the centre, the combs may be turned on it and either 
side uncapped easily. After two combs are uncapped, they are putinte the honey- 
extractor, and afew turns of the handle will take out the honey. ‘They are then 
turned and the honey taken from the other side, and so on till all the combs are 
done. After the honey is extracted, the combs are returned to the bees to fill up 
again. When the honey in the extractor reaches to the bottom of the cage, it has _ 
to be strained, but the extractor must first be lifted so as to get a cask or tin 
under the honey-gate or tap, and a pair of pulleys. attached to a beam overhead — 
is convenient ; then when the extractor is at the right height tie a bag made of 
cheese or butter cloth round the tap, and strain into the honey-tank; or a 
better way is to have the strainer right on the tank itself by having arimof 
tin about 2 inches high and say 6 inches in diameter above the top of the tank ; 
then put the strainer bag through, and clasp an india-rubber ring round it to 
hold it in place. Itis possibly better not to store the honey in too large 
tanks, but those that hold a moderate quantity, say 2 cwt.—as the various 
qualities of honey may be kept separate, and the weight is not too great to 
handle easily. It is a good plan to have hardwood legs to the tanks, bolted on, 
and then if the ants give trouble they mzy be stood in tins of water. 
HONEY. 
HoNEY-EXTRACTOR. 
A honey-extractor is indispensable, and one that holds two frames is large 
APPLIANCES REQUIRED IN BEE-KEEPING FOR EXTRACTED 
enough for most people, and is the one most generally used. It is made of — 
good heavy tin, and is 17 inches in diameter and varies in height; but 26 inches — 
at the top and 25 at the opposite side is a good height in which there is room. 
beneath the cage for 60 Ib. of honey, which is a great convenience, for one of 
Jess depth has to be worked with the honey-gate open, and is only a few shillings 
cheaper. The former would cost 62, and the smaller one 35s.—both are best 
_ if fitted with bevel gearing. The principle on which the honey-extractor 
works is what is called centrifugal force, or the tendency of all reyoiving 
bodies to fly away from the centre. The discovery was made in a very 
accidental manner by Major Francesco de Hruschka, of Venice, in Italy, in the 
year 1865. He was working among his bees, and saw his son whirling a basket 
at the end of x piece of string in which he had put some pieces of honeycomb. 
The centrifugal force caused the honey to fly out through the bottom of the 
basket; and the father went and made a rough extractor, which has been 
improved on from time to time by others, and is now the handy machine of the 
_ day. Bor very large apiaries the two or three frame-reversible extractors are 
_ quicker, as the combs are turned by reversing the handle of the machine. 
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