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Vol XV. 



JAN. 15, 1887. 



No. 2. 



T. P. ANDKEWS' APIAKY. 



A FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THF, SAME. 



fKlEND ROOT:— Replying to your request fox- 

 fuller information in regard to the cut of my 

 apiary in Gi>eanings, I would say that the 

 photograph from which the cut was made 

 was taken with a lens not adapted to this 

 kind of work, as it considerably diminished the ap- 

 parent size of objects in the background, thus exag- 

 gerating their apparent distance. In reality, those 

 rows of hives that look so long are only about ^V^ 

 rods long. The apiary is laid off in squares, by 

 streets eight feet wide, crossing each other at right 

 angles. The one broad irregular street shown in 

 the cut running from east to west is an error of the 

 engraver. The squares between the streets are one 

 rod square, and contain sixteen hives— four rows of 

 hives each way. This puts the hives a little more 

 than five feet from center to center. I have not 

 found that the bees mistake their hives to any ap- 

 preciable extent. 



The honey-house is 14 by 18 feet. The south side 

 is seen in the picture. The northwest corner of this 

 building is occupied by a honey-tank holding 5000 

 pounds. It is securely made of 2-inch pine planks; 

 is lined with tin, and rests on a strong frame, high 

 enough to draw off the honey into barrels or cans. 

 At the south side of this tank stauds a four-frame 

 Stanley honey-extractor. The pail in which the 

 honey is carried from the extractor to the tank, 

 stands in a deep rectangular tin pan, which 1 made 

 several years ago, to use in making tdn. from 

 plaster-of -Paris casts. This pan is to catch any ac- 

 cidental overtiow from the honey-pail, and stauds 



between the extractor and tank. A piece of oil 

 cloth, hanging from the upper edge of the tank, 

 reaches down into this pan, to catch any drip from 

 the pail while being emptied. 



A much more convenient honey-house could be 

 built on a side hill by placing the honey-tank on a 

 lower floor, as does friend Christie, of Iowa. 



For convenience in getting the full combs to the 

 extractor, and the empty ones away, I have made 

 two openings in the south side of the honey-house, 

 about six feet apart, and one foot above the floor. 

 I also made two sets of rolls, each about eight feet 

 long. They are like ladders with rollers instead of 

 rounds. These ladders are placed so as to project 

 out through the side of the building about two feet, 

 far enough to set a hive on before sliding it in on 

 the rolls. My comb-boxes are simply hive-bodies 

 with a thin bottom nailed on, and covered with a 

 piece of cloth, one edge of which is tacked to one 

 side of the hive, the other edge being tacked to a 

 slender stick which keeps the cloth straight, and 

 holds down the edge. Three of these comb-boxes 

 are placed side by side in the cart, which 1 will de- 

 scribe at another time, and are drawn out to the 

 hives, and filled with combs. These are taken back 

 to the honey-house, and shoved in on the first set of 

 rolls. The cart is then drawn forward to the next 

 opening, where three boxes of empty combs are 

 rolled out to fill the cart for a second trip to the 

 hives. T. P. Andrews. 



Farina, 111., Jan. 7, 1H87. 



Many thanks, friend A. You certainly 

 have things very conveniently arranged. 

 We should he glad to have you describe 

 more fully your hive-cart.— In "regard to the 

 distance of hives, ours are 7 ft. from center 



