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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Oct. 15 



OUT-OFTHEWAY StORAOB RoOM |' | 



FIG. 2. — CROSS-SECTION OF SCHOLL' HONEY-HOUSE 

 AND WOKK-SHOP, SHOWING THE FOUR FLOORS. 



breeze which enters the building through 

 the large shop-door, 7x9 ft., and the open- 

 ing the entire length of the building under 

 the shutters, 8X24 ft., makes the room a 

 cool place to work in, especially as there are 

 two additional large windows on the rear 

 wall. 



Figs. 1 and 2 show the general arrange- 

 ment of the building, the different floors, 

 and the purpose of each floor. The reason 

 that the honey-room is elevated is that it 

 enables loading in the supers of honey with- 

 out any high lifting as they are taken right 

 from the wagon. This is also true when 

 loading the wagon with cases of packed hon- 

 ey, the floor being just a little higher than 

 the top of our special wagon. In this way 

 we have very little real lifting to do, even at 

 the depot, where we drive right up to the 

 platform. This feature is a great conven- 

 ience, especially where there is a large crop 

 of honey to handle. We haul all of the hon- 

 ey to this house in the supers, and then ship 

 it out in cases weighing from 120 to 140 lbs. 



Fig. 2 shows the honey-room with the 

 storage-room below and another above it, 



the other half of the building 

 being taken up by the work- 

 shop with an upper story for 

 holding our honey-cans. From 

 the shop, steps lead through a 

 door in the screened partition 

 or middle wall, shown by the 

 first arrow. From the honey- 

 room we can get to the storage 

 floor for the honey-cans so that 

 the cans are **lways in ready 

 for use. Also from this upper 

 floor it is easy to get to the out- 

 of-the-way storage-room where 

 we keep material that we do 

 not need immediately. 



Figs. 3 and 4 show how the 

 large shutters are made. These 

 are so arranged that any one 

 of them can be opened at will 

 whenever more light or ventila- 

 tion is desired. They are sup- 

 ported at the top by strong iron 

 hinges, and operated by the 

 folding supporting-arms, orig- 

 inal with us. These work al- 

 most automatically, as a little push on the 

 extended arm from beneath closes the shut- 

 ter immediately, and a firm hold of the rope 

 with the other hand prevents the shutter 

 from slamming against the wall. To open 

 them it is necessary only to push the lower 

 end of the shutter 

 away from the wall 

 slightly, then pull on 

 the rojie. The arms, 

 being extended full 

 length, remain in this 

 position without being 

 fastened in any way. 

 The shut- 

 ters are of 

 light con- 

 struction, 

 being only 

 frames 

 cove red 

 with sheets 

 of c o r r u - 

 gated iron. 

 Although 



light they are heavy enough 

 to stand even the hardest 

 wind. 



The only parts of ihe 

 building that are screened 

 are the front side of the honey-room from 

 the rear end of the building to the middle, 

 where in Fig. 1 the shutter comes down. 

 This inside partition wall is screened, but 

 only from the honey-room floor to the un- 

 der side of the can-storage-room above. 

 This leaves the vinegar and storage-room 

 below, open from thew ork-shop, and the 

 can-storage-room open from the honey- 

 room. The front side under the shutters 

 of the can-storage-room is also screened. 

 All of this, together with the two screened 

 windows at the rear, keeps the bees out of 

 the honey-room entirely. The work-shop 

 and storage-room next to it under the 



FIG. 3. 



