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llie bees in tlieir work. 'Pliey are looked 

 o\er each nijilit. a t-areful exanunatioii is 

 iiuuie. and a record is kepi of the cluuiges 

 duriiifj; the day. 



The tiees are iiyhrid. very black. When 

 outside they were \ery cross; but since be- 

 ing inside tliey have become gentle, and 

 c.ni be liandled almost as safely as tlies. 

 They ai)i)ear to enjoy being on exhibition. 



The hive, with the brood and stores from 

 which the bees were transferred, was taken 

 to another room, and given to a single-frame 

 colony that has been kei)t in a warm room 

 since June 14. VM)S. '{'he frames were sjjread 

 ai)art, and the frame with its bees and brood 

 ])laced in the center of the brood-nest, 'i'he 

 changes have been very successful. 



Hartford, Conn., School of Horticulture. 



A NEW HONEY-STRAINER. 



A Combination of Two Vertical Straining Sur- 

 faces which will Handle the Honey as Fast 

 as it Runs from the Extractor. 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



Some years ago I described a strainer 

 whicli I liad been using for some time — one 

 which was Iniilt in the extractor. This act- 

 ed automatically, thelioney flowing through 

 it as fast as extracted, before it liad a chance 

 to cool. During the process the honey was 



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not lowered below the honey-gate of the ex- 

 tractor, and it did not need to be lifted u|) 

 later l)y main strength. The lioney llowed 

 in an unbroken lateral How. so there was 

 not the objectionable admixture of air-biii)- 



l)les which produce the froth and scum, on 

 which there is so much debate. Such trou- 

 bles have i)een practically unknown to me 

 since adoi)ting this metliod of straining uiy 

 honey. 



Since the ])ublication of my first i)lan, p. 

 I4(i, Feb. 1, 190(i, others in the Tnited States. 

 and even in Kurojie. have used it. The 

 great drawliack jjreventing its general adop- 

 tion, however, was the fact that the strainer 

 was attached to the inside of the extractor, 

 and could not well be attached to an ex- 

 tractor already in use. as a special construc- 

 tion was recjuired. To overcome this ol)jec- 

 tion I have devised a new form of strainer, 

 retaining all the i)rincii)les of the previous 

 machine, with the addition of a second 

 strainer; that is, there are now two strainers 

 — a coarse one and a fine one, the coarser 

 one relieving the finer from clogging. Tlie 

 ])ressure and straining surface are increased 

 in i)ro|)ortion to the dejith of thelioney in 

 the extractor. 



As shown in the illustration, the honey, 

 after being thrown from the combs, strikes 

 thesi<le of the extractor and runs down to the 

 honey level in the extractor below the reel. 

 Froni there it flows out through the gate or 

 through a si)ecial ojjening into the strainer- 

 tube, which is connected with the strainer 

 by means of a rubl)er hose. Tlie honey 

 then, by means of a 2>^-inch-S((uare tube. 

 Aa. Hows into the central compartment of 

 the strainer li. Here. i)artly V)y means of 

 gravitation, as in the 

 former construction, 

 and also by means of 

 the wire cloth, t wehe 

 meshes to the inch 

 (st rainer t' ) . the 

 coarser ])articles are 

 separated from the 

 honey, which, in its 

 outward course, then 

 reaches the liner 

 strainer, I), which is 

 cloth sui)i)orted l)y 

 coarse wire cloth, like 

 liial used for the 

 (•oinb-i»ockets of ex- 

 tractors. Througli 

 this cloth it Hows into 

 the outside si)ace, K, 

 and from thence 

 t hrough the opening 

 V. into the l)arrel or 

 other container. 



The cloth strainer. 

 I), has a cai)acity of 

 17011 scpiare inches. 

 Most of the larger 

 l)articles in the hon- 

 ey, owing to gravita- 

 tion, never touch the 

 cloth, because they 

 are retained in the 

 central comi)art nient ; and the bulk of 

 those remaining rise to the surface of the 

 hone\ and tind their rest ing-place. not on 

 the side of the cloth, but on the l)o1tom of 

 the can. Let me sav. however, that, imless 



