Treat your combs and yourself to the very best uncapper available -then your bees don't have to clean the combs before they put more honey in. Our uncapper uncaps combs at the rate of 12 combs per minute or 80 supers per hour. The conveyor in the tank holds 50 frames. The feed chain holds 2 boxes of combs at a time. The main part of this uncapper is what we call the "head". In this head are the cutters and motors. It is bolted to the top of an eight-foot stainless steel tank. The combs are placed in the head and two silent chains carry them through the revolving cutters, which remove the cappings. The uncapped comb is then on a chain that slowly conveys it toward the other end of the tank. There is room for fifty frames to rest until the extractor is ready for them. The cappings that are cut off, do not fall onto the combs that have been uncapped. As the combs pass through the cutters, they are held in place by a very rigid guide system. The depth of the cutting can be instantly changed. An adjustable slip clutch is provided. The value of this combination is to reduce breakage of frames in case a comb is started crosswise. If this should happen, the clutch stops the chains. The cutters are powered with 3/4 h.p. motors, using belt drives. A stainless steel shield over the head prohibits any capping or honey from being thrown out.