Gleanings in bee culture . HG. 1. ?E. E. CUVIlVwL s IJONKY UU Tho boltles are tilled by means of a short piece of hose connected to the honey-tank. A quick-workirstop at the end controls the flow of honey into the bottles. much stronger and more practical thanbraces. The tub in front is a common find that wood is the best thing to runwax into, as it can be kept warm; and, when the wax is cool, it lifts out perfectly free fromcracks. We have a hole in the bottom ofeach tub where we can draw off any waterthat might be there before emptying the waxout, doing away w
Gleanings in bee culture . HG. 1. ?E. E. CUVIlVwL s IJONKY UU Tho boltles are tilled by means of a short piece of hose connected to the honey-tank. A quick-workirstop at the end controls the flow of honey into the bottles. much stronger and more practical thanbraces. The tub in front is a common find that wood is the best thing to runwax into, as it can be kept warm; and, when the wax is cool, it lifts out perfectly free fromcracks. We have a hole in the bottom ofeach tub where we can draw off any waterthat might be there before emptying the waxout, doing away with the muss which would. FIG. :2. —COVKYOU S LK^LtFVlNG-TANK. This is divided into two parts, each of which will hold a thousand pounds of honey,the water in each part is controlled by a separate steam-pipe. The temperature of 1572 GLEANJ^GS IN BEE CULTURE. Dec. 15 naturally be made should water not bedrawn otf. An automatic eight-frame honey-extractorand gasoline-engine, ready to run, are shownin Fig. 5 The belt-shifter is shown Doitedto the base of the honey-extractor. Onehand can be placed on this and the other onthe automatic reverse, and honey can be re-versed in the least possible time. We ex-tracted 8000 lbs. in less than two hours lastseason. One man tends to the machine, fillscans, and tills and moves the combs from theextractor. The gasoline-engine is manufac-tured by our local firm here. It is a two-horse-power machine, and does the work former years we had extractors at eachapiary; but now we have disposed of all oth-er extractors and bought this machine, andwe are more than pleased with
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