. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ;e §ee-f\eepeps' Jvev'ie A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HOTCfliMSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XII, FLINT. MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY 10, 1900. NO. 2. HP IA R Y. HONEY - HOUSE, CELLAR, AND METHODS, USED IX PRODUCING EX- TRACTED HOXEY. BY HERBERT CLUTE. Mv apiary is located on a side-hill. It was "graded down to nearly a level, by cutting down 3"^ feet on the upper side and filling in nearly as much on the lower side. This gives a gen- tle slant towards the outer side. I have taken some pains to make
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ;e §ee-f\eepeps' Jvev'ie A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoiqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. Z. HOTCfliMSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XII, FLINT. MICHIGAN, FEBRUARY 10, 1900. NO. 2. HP IA R Y. HONEY - HOUSE, CELLAR, AND METHODS, USED IX PRODUCING EX- TRACTED HOXEY. BY HERBERT CLUTE. Mv apiary is located on a side-hill. It was "graded down to nearly a level, by cutting down 3"^ feet on the upper side and filling in nearly as much on the lower side. This gives a gen- tle slant towards the outer side. I have taken some pains to make the yard attractive by planting lilac bushes around it. I also have some flower beds, i Morning glories can be seen run- ning up over the front of the bee-cellar. —F^.) The honey-house is 18 x 30, and two stories high. The upper story is used for storing empty barrels, chaff cushions, empty supers, combs, etc. I use a Van- Allen & Williams extractor that will ex- tract four Langstrolh combs at one time. It is set about eight t c^jt to the left of one. corner of the room, upon a bench that is twelve inches high. Between the ex- tractor and the corner of the room is another bench two feet high that extends clear to the corner of the room. In this bench, between the extractor and the comer of the room, is a hole cut through, and a tub set on the floor below the open- ing. The uncapping is done on the bench, by this opening, and the cappings drop through into the tub. From the same corner of the room, but extend- ing in the other direction, is another bench, two feet high, in which there is built a sink for holding two wash-dishes and a water pail. The "strainer-barrel" into which the honey is poured stands on a bench three feet in height. By having two benches running from the same cor- ner, the muss and work is all kept in a small compass, and by the use of a little water and a broom it is easy to keep the floor clean. Before we had this building to work in, we
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