1910 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



625 



FIG. -1. — MAKDK.N 



^HhD-AFlAKV, i-)U i-\h.bi LO-NG, WITH THE KXTRACTING-TENT AT THE 

 FURTHER EXD. 



pers up to the end where the honey is ex- 

 tracted in the tent, and then the empty su- 

 pers are also brought back to the hives in 

 the car. The illustration of the interior of 

 the tent shows the car with a load of supers. 

 I can carry twelve supers at a time and run 

 them into the tent. I move my bees three 

 times a year, and I use the car for moving 

 the hives out to the wagon, and at the oth- 

 er shed I have another car which I use in 

 the same way. The framework of the shed 

 is covered with a good roof of galvanized 

 iron. 



As shown in the illustration I use a two- 

 frame extractor-can for straining the honey. 

 Over the top of the can I put a piece of gal- 

 vanized wire cloth, and secure it with wire 

 around the can. <)ver the wire cloth I 

 spread the cheese-cloth strainer. As fast as 

 one cloth gets clogged I fold it back and 

 put on another one withovit stopping the 

 work. This can is high enough so that the 



strained honey from the gate at the bottom 

 may run directly into a barrel. 



Our cappings are melted in a capping- 

 melter, and the honey that goes through 

 the melter is kept separate in five-gallon 

 cans; and when there is enough of it I run 

 it through a strainer, put it in a barrel, and 

 sell it as dark honey. 



The extractor is eight-frame, run by gas- 

 oline-engine, which stands on the floor out 

 of sight. 



Apopka, Fla. 



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THE METCALFE END-BAR HOLDER. 



A Handy Device for Putting up Section-holders 

 and Shipping-cases. 



BY O. B. METCALFE. 



FIG. 3. — LOOKING DOWN THROUGH THE APIARY TO THE DOOR 

 OF THE EXTRACTING-TENT. 

 A hand-car runs through the middle of the shed, on which the supers 

 are carried. 



The drawing illustrates a contrivance 

 which will hold the end-pieces of section- 

 holders in exact posi- 

 tion while the slotted 

 or bottom piece is be- 

 ing nailed to them. 

 Without any altera- 

 tion it will also hold 

 the two ends of a 

 comb-honey shipping- 

 case in exact position 

 while the back board 

 is being nailed on. 



a and b are small 

 wooden fingers fasten- 

 ed to/ by screws 5^ and 

 h. They are left just 

 loose enough to turn 

 easily on the screws. 

 The contrivance may 

 be made to stand up 

 on the bench by nail- 

 ing to its back two 

 blocks which taper off 

 to the bench, and in 

 turn nailing these to 

 the bench. 



To use it, pick up 



