THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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this way, the bees go home loaded with 

 honey, but know nothing about where 

 they got it. This is so late in the day 

 that robbers will not work, and, by 

 morning-, things have quieted down to 

 such an extent that extracting may go 

 on without any interfe' ring from robbers. 

 While the plan of carrying out the bees 

 each night will work very well, usually, I 

 recommend the leaving of the bees in 

 the extracting house until through ex- 

 tracting when possible. 



But to return to the out door work: 

 About two, well-filled stones make a 

 wheel-barrow load, but, as we like to 

 finish up a colony at the first opening of 

 the hive, if it has three stories on they 

 are usually all taken at a load. Caution: 

 Wash all drips of honey from the wheel- 

 barrow and brushes between each load, 

 so that no robber will get a taste of 

 honey, or you may have trouble. 



The honey house work was divided 

 between the workers as follows: Arthur 

 did all the uncapping, Mr. Smith all of 

 the outside work. As it took Mr. Smith 

 only half of the time to do the bringing 

 in of the honey, the other half was oc- 

 cupied in turning the extractor, emptying 

 the extractor, or weighing up honey, as 

 the case required. As it did not take 

 Arthur all of his time to do the uncap- 

 ping, he, too, did the other work, as the 

 case required. 



If you will turn to the frontispiece of 

 this number, the arrangement of the 

 honey house will be seen, and explained. 

 The wheel-barrow stands about where it 

 is stopped when the load of honey to be 

 extracted is wheeled in. Some empty 

 stories of combs are allowed to stand at 

 the left of the one who does the uncap- 

 ping, to set the full stories to be un- 

 capped upon, to make them the right 

 height for convenience in handling. As 

 the combs are uncapped, they are hung 

 in the end of the uncapping box next to 

 the extractor, and remain there until 

 extracted. Any drip from them goes 

 into the uncapping tank. The cappings 

 are kept well chopped up, so that the 



honey will drain out in good shape. The 

 gate of the uncapping tank is worked 

 open all the time, except when emptying 

 the pail; and this is the only gate in the 

 extracting house that requires watching. 



The extractor is allowed to fill with 

 honey until the reel begins to wade in the 

 honey, when a 16-quart pailful is drawn 

 off, and the gate closed until it is to be 

 filled again. 



The modus operandi of working the 

 separating tank is as follows: With the 

 separating float (previously described) 

 in place, the tank is filled full of honey 

 as it comes from the extractor. When 

 pouring in the first two or three pails of 

 honey from the extractor some particles 

 of comb and impurities will go into the 

 gate, so draw out half a pail or so, or 

 until the honey appears clear, before 

 beginning to can. 



It will be noticed, if you again turn to 

 the frontispiece, that the uncapping tank 

 and extractor are elevated so that a pail 

 will set under the honey gate, also that 

 the separating tank is of the right height 

 so that a 60-pound can sitting on the 

 scales will go under the gate. 



Only one or two cans of honey are 

 drawn at a time, when the tank is again 

 filled full. Handled in this way, with a 

 32-inch-deep tank and our separating 

 fioat, honey is more free from particles 

 of comb and impurities, than when 

 strained through cheese cloth in the usual 

 way. 



The separating feature seems to work 

 automatically, for the faster it is worked 

 the warmer is the honey, (animal heat) 

 and the more rapid the separating of the 

 impurities; consequently, the capacity is 

 unlimited; or at any rate, it will handle 

 all the honey that can be extracted with 

 a 4-frame extractor, and do the work 

 well. 



Each night when through extracting, 

 when the separating tank is still full of 

 honey, remove the separating float, and 

 skim the honey in the tank, and can it 

 up, or that portion that is clear. Stop 

 drawing when the scum begins to run 



