. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. 298 Beekeeping Extracting. In extracting, care must be exercised not to run the ex- tractor too rapidly as this may break or crush combs, es- pecially new or unwired ones. It is a good practice to extract some honey from one side, to reverse and extract the other side clean and then go back to complete the ex- tracting on the first side. With fragile combs, the honey on the inner side may be forced against the midrib of the comb so strongly as to crush it if the comb is revolved too. Fig. 123. —
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. 298 Beekeeping Extracting. In extracting, care must be exercised not to run the ex- tractor too rapidly as this may break or crush combs, es- pecially new or unwired ones. It is a good practice to extract some honey from one side, to reverse and extract the other side clean and then go back to complete the ex- tracting on the first side. With fragile combs, the honey on the inner side may be forced against the midrib of the comb so strongly as to crush it if the comb is revolved too. Fig. 123. — Honey strainer. rapidly in extracting the first side. In placing combs in the extractor, those of about the same weight should be placed opposite each other to prevent swinging of the extractor, thus making it easier for the operator and less wearing on the machine. The honey is thrown against the side of the extractor can and runs down and out an opening provided at the bottom, usually equipped with a honey gate (as in Fig. 121) so that it may be quickly and securely closed. Straining the honey. Since particles of cappings naturally adhere to the comb and since other foreign matter may get into the honey, including an occasional bee, the honey should be strained. 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 Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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