. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 15, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 233 UNCAPPING COMBS FOR EXTRACTING. As a practical supplement to the notice of " A New Uncapping Knife'' it may be useful to reprint a portion of the article â which called it forth. We do this mainly because of the vague notions among the ordinary run of bee-keepers as to uncapping before the annexed sketchâtaken from life over a dozen years agoâappeared in print. After detailing certain preliminaries in regard to extracting, we went on to say :â Nothing so much aids us in this part of our bee
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 15, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 233 UNCAPPING COMBS FOR EXTRACTING. As a practical supplement to the notice of " A New Uncapping Knife'' it may be useful to reprint a portion of the article â which called it forth. We do this mainly because of the vague notions among the ordinary run of bee-keepers as to uncapping before the annexed sketchâtaken from life over a dozen years agoâappeared in print. After detailing certain preliminaries in regard to extracting, we went on to say :â Nothing so much aids us in this part of our bee-work as good tools. Ours consist of an extractor, holding four combs ; a " strainer and ripener," the upper or movable portion of which is of sufficient capacity to hold five or six gallons of water, and will, of course, contain a great quantity of cappings, from which the honey is day and night gradually dripping through the sieve into the receptacle below. It seems incredible how the honey drains through ; but it does in time, and so none ia lost. Then we have a lamp " knife-heater ;" a couple of keen-edged old carving-knives, with blades about 10 in. long, the points of which are carved outwards for about 1^ in. ; a wooden "tray,'' with a raised edging h in. high all round it, and near the left corner a couple of small pieces of wood nailed on so as to form an angle or rest, soâLâto keep the frame from slipping. Finally, we have a brown hoUand "blouse," which slips over and protects the clothes. A bowl of clean, cold water for dipping the hands in, and a towel complete our " ; Thus equipped, and with the boxes of honey piled one above the other, we prepare to start. First, with a pencil, we consecutively number the combs in each box, so that they may be re- placed in the same order as built by the bees âexperience will show the wisdom of doing this. The annexed sketch explains the manner of holding the comb while uncap
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