. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 466 HONEY PRODUCTION. from daubing anything, or from attracting robbers (666). Tliey are supplied with strong-handles. 'S'l'l. We have said that we do not usually take honey from the brood chamber, but in an emergency we sometimes extract even from combs containing brood. Sealed brood is not injured by the rotation but one should abstain from taking combs containing unsealed larvaj. TYS. In the extracting .room, a man uncaps the combs,. Fig. 208. THE DADANT CAPPING-CAN. as fast as they are brought. He stands before the capping- can (fig. 208). Th
. Langstroth on the hive & honey bee. Bees. 466 HONEY PRODUCTION. from daubing anything, or from attracting robbers (666). Tliey are supplied with strong-handles. 'S'l'l. We have said that we do not usually take honey from the brood chamber, but in an emergency we sometimes extract even from combs containing brood. Sealed brood is not injured by the rotation but one should abstain from taking combs containing unsealed larvaj. TYS. In the extracting .room, a man uncaps the combs,. Fig. 208. THE DADANT CAPPING-CAN. as fast as they are brought. He stands before the capping- can (fig. 208). The capping can is formed of a lower can B, 24 inches wide and 14 inches high with a slanting bottom, a faucet and a central pivot C. On this lower can is placed another can A, 23 inches wide and 22 inches high, with a coarse wire cloth bottom resting at the center on the pivot C. The upper can acts as a large sieve. On the top of it is placed a wooden frame D, notched, so as to fit on the edges of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine), 1810-1895; Dadant, C. P. (Camille Pierre), 1851-1938. Hamilton, Ill. , Dadant & sons
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