. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. How to Extract. 283 when heated, is thinner, and will of course pass more read- ily through common toweling or fine wire cloth. Never allow the queen to be forced to idleness for want of empty cells. Extract all uncapped honey in the fall, and the honey from all the brood-combs not needed for winter. The honey should also be thrown from pieces of drone-comb whicli are cut from the brood-frames, and from the uncapped comb in sections at the close of the season. HOW TO EXTRACT. The apiarist should possess one or two light co
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. How to Extract. 283 when heated, is thinner, and will of course pass more read- ily through common toweling or fine wire cloth. Never allow the queen to be forced to idleness for want of empty cells. Extract all uncapped honey in the fall, and the honey from all the brood-combs not needed for winter. The honey should also be thrown from pieces of drone-comb whicli are cut from the brood-frames, and from the uncapped comb in sections at the close of the season. HOW TO EXTRACT. The apiarist should possess one or two light comb boxes or baskets (Fig. 109), of sufficient size to hold all the frames from a single hive. These should have convenient handles, and a close-fitting cover. Now, go to two or Fig. [ Comb Box^ three colonies, and take enough combs for a colony. The bees may be shaken off or brushed off with a large feather, pine twig, or other brush. A little experience makes it easy to shake bees—even Italians—from a comb. A quick, forcible, vertical jerk will always do it. We often find that a mild jar, quickly followed by an energetic one, will fell nearly every bee from the comb. The Davis brush (Fig. no) is excellent for removing bees from the combs. It is. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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