1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



587 



FIG. 1. — COLLAPSIBLE HONEY-HOUSE READY TO MOVE. 



A Is a hinged apron, 3 x 16 ft., which lets down by loosening the cross-bar D and a corresponding one 

 behind. B is one of tlie five hinged legs which automatically swing out to form supports lor the apron A 

 when it is let down to form part of the floor of the house. C is an opening in the apron, whicii holds the 

 gravity strainer by a rim around the top of it. Two 850-lb. ponies can pull this outfit over almost any 

 road. The outfit contains a complete power-driven outfit for extracting honey on a large scale. See Fig. 

 3. Two men in five minutes can raise this outfit into a 12 x 16-foot house with eight-foot walls. The run- 

 ning-ge.'ir that the wagon is built on costs $35.00 laid down in New Mexico. Planned and built by O. B. 

 Metcalfe. 



FIG. 2. — COLLAPSIBLE HONEY-HOUSE READY FOR USE. 



A is a screen window 10 x 6 ft. Another, the same size, on the opposite side, gives good ventilation, 

 and attracts robbers so they bother but little around the doors. B is the main entrance to the house. It 

 is of 12-oz. duck, as are all the rest of the walls except the screen windows. C is a small trapdoor where 

 the honey is passed in. A canvas flap closes it. The iron pins, as shown at E, are driven into the remov- 

 able upriglits. These uprights are lifted out of a half-inch socl<et at the bottom, and pulled out of the 

 loops at tlie top, leaving the whole thing collapsed ready for the two aprons to be lilted up and fastened. 

 Two men can do this in five minutes, and then it is ready to drive off. This honey-house on wheels has a 

 floor space of 12 x 16 ft., and walls as high as desired. The walls shown are 8-ft. high. 



