. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 41 PBABODY EXTRACTOR. In that same year, 1870, I got a honey-extractor. With much interest I made my first attempt at extracting, the su- preme moment of interest coming when after having given per- haps 200 revolutions to the extractor I looked beneath to see how much honey had run into the pan below. Very vividly, 1 remember my keen chagrin and disappointment when I found that not a drop of honey had fallen. The machine was one of. Fig. 6—Heddon Slat Honey-hoard. the first put on the market, a Peabody extractor (Fig. 2), the ent
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 41 PBABODY EXTRACTOR. In that same year, 1870, I got a honey-extractor. With much interest I made my first attempt at extracting, the su- preme moment of interest coming when after having given per- haps 200 revolutions to the extractor I looked beneath to see how much honey had run into the pan below. Very vividly, 1 remember my keen chagrin and disappointment when I found that not a drop of honey had fallen. The machine was one of. Fig. 6—Heddon Slat Honey-hoard. the first put on the market, a Peabody extractor (Fig. 2), the entire can revolving, and it had not occurred to me that the same force that threw the honey out of the comb would keep it against the outer wall of the can so long as it kept in motion. When the can stopped revolving, a fair stream of honey ran down into the pan, and I resimied my normal manner of breath- ing. TOO RAPID INCREASE. I begcin the teapon of 1870 with eight colonies, increased to 19, and extracted about 400 pounds of honey. This warmed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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