. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. September 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 101 fonuance of some portions of the work of extracting automatic and labour-saving, hence the terms applied to his machines. The chief of the improvements recognised by the judges is an ingenious arrangement by which the revolver-cages and the combs within them are reversed, and brought inner side out, by simply turning the handle of the machine in a different direction. For this ' special merit ' is claimed, but, with all due respect to the opinions of others, wo hesitate before giving it unqu
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. September 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 101 fonuance of some portions of the work of extracting automatic and labour-saving, hence the terms applied to his machines. The chief of the improvements recognised by the judges is an ingenious arrangement by which the revolver-cages and the combs within them are reversed, and brought inner side out, by simply turning the handle of the machine in a different direction. For this ' special merit ' is claimed, but, with all due respect to the opinions of others, wo hesitate before giving it unqualified ap- proval. In common with all extractors whose cages revolve within the can, as at present constructed, there are disadvantages, as compared witli others iu which the can itself revolves carrying the cages with it. The rapid revolution of the cages alone disturbs the air within to so great a degree that the temperature falls to an ex- tent dangerous to brood, if any be in the combs, which is not the case if the can itself revolves with the cages, the can being closed. The automatic movement of the cages, by which the comb? in them are reversed, is not to our mind perfect as a labour-saving appliance. Each cage is of a size to receive a frame of comb which, when placed in it, stands, or should stand, close against the wirework farthest from the spindle. Now it will be evi- dent that, if the cage be not a roomy one, there will be loss of time in getting the comb into it, and if it be large enough to receive the comb easily the. automatic arrangement will not act perfectly. Our mean- ing will be apparent through the illustration: the comb is represented as lying to the left against the cage, with a little space between it and the right-hand side of the cage, and it will be evident that a sudden reversal of the cage will throw the comb to tlie other side in rather a dan- gerous fashion. Another feature we do not approve is the necessity for unsealing both sides of the comb
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