Order picking apparatus having cartridges for a honeycomb storage system having at least one shelf which has a plurality of storage units, which are arranged side by side and one above the other and are accessible from an operating side, for receiving cartridges, wherein the storage units are designed such that on the operating side the cartridges can be removed from the storage units and can be inserted therein horizontally in the longitudinal direction, wherein a shelf operating device is provided on the operating side of the shelf, wherein the order picking apparatus is provided for arrangement on a front side of the shelf opposite the operating side and for allocation to a number of storage units which are used as provisioning storage units and which are designed such that cartridges located therein can also be removed at the front side of the shelf, and wherein the order picking apparatus is substantially formed by a number of order picking units for depositing cartridges, wherein cartridges are deposited at the order picking units, an order picking cart which is movable along the front side of the shelf in the transverse direction relative to the cartridges and which is designed such that it can approach substantially all the order picking units, and a removal device, which is movable along the front side of the shelf in the transverse direction relative to the cartridges, for pulling out and inserting cartridges from and into provisioning storage units of the honeycomb storage system in order to deposit the cartridges on the order picking units or to return them therefrom, wherein the removal device comprises a longitudinal crossbar which is adapted to the length of a cartridge in order to span the cartridge longitudinally and is provided with a motor-driven manipulation device for pulling and pushing a cartridge along the longitudinal crossbar, characterised in that the removal device is independent from the order picking cart, the longitudinal crossbar of the removal device is connected at each of its end regions to a mechanically or electronically guided, in particular rail-bound, cart, wherein the carts together with the longitudinal crossbar form a clear space below the longitudinal crossbar, which clear space is adapted to the dimensions of such a cart for unhindered passage of cartridges deposited on order picking units, and the order picking cart consists of at least one intermediate storage structure, for temporary storage of long goods, the length of which is adapted to the length of a cartridge in order to span the cartridge longitudinally, and two mechanically or electronically guided, in particular rail-guided, cart elements which are each connected to the intermediate storage structure at their end regions and, together with the intermediate storage structure, form a clear space below the intermediate storage structure, which clear space is adapted to the dimensions of a cartridge for unhindered passage of cartridges deposited on order picking units. wherein the order picking apparatus is provided for arrangement on a front side of the shelf opposite the operating side and for allocation to a number of storage units which are used as provisioning storage units and which are designed such that cartridges located therein can also be removed at the front side of the shelf, and wherein the order picking apparatus is substantially formed by a number of order picking units for depositing cartridges, wherein cartridges are deposited at the order picking units, an order picking cart which is movable along the front side of the shelf in the transverse direction relative to the cartridges and which is designed such that it can approach substantially all the order picking units, and a removal device, which is movable along the front side of the shelf in the transverse direction relative to the cartridges, for pulling out and inserting cartridges from and into provisioning storage units of the honeycomb storage system in order to deposit the cartridges on the order picking units or to return them therefrom, wherein the removal device comprises a longitudinal crossbar which is adapted to the length of a cartridge in order to span the cartridge longitudinally and is provided with a motor-driven manipulation device for pulling and pushing a cartridge along the longitudinal crossbar, characterised in that the removal device is independent from the order picking cart, the longitudinal crossbar of the removal device is connected at each of its end regions to a mechanically or electronically guided, in particular rail-bound, cart, wherein the carts together with the longitudinal crossbar form a clear space below the longitudinal crossbar, which clear space is adapted to the dimensions of such a cart for unhindered passage of cartridges deposited on order picking units, and the order picking cart consists of at least one intermediate storage structure, for temporary storage of long goods, the length of which is adapted to the length of a cartridge in order to span the cartridge longitudinally, and two mechanically or electronically guided, in particular rail-guided, cart elements which are each connected to the intermediate storage structure at their end regions and, together with the intermediate storage structure, form a clear space below the intermediate storage structure, which clear space is adapted to the dimensions of a cartridge for unhindered passage of cartridges deposited on order picking units.