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ol' \v:i.\ so completely and quickly he will 

 wuiuli'i' liow it is done; and the separator 

 will handle it as fast as it comes. 



The wax-pan is 20 x 16 in., and 5 in. 

 (lee[). There are two pans in this compart- 

 intMit. One rest.>« down in the honey, and 

 the other fits inside of 

 it closely. Both slide 

 under the spout. Con- 

 sisting of two pans it 

 has an advantage over 

 the other form. By 

 slipping both from 

 under the spout, the 

 cross-bar may be pull- 

 ed out and the wax- 

 pan inside lifted out. 

 Then one need not get 

 daubed up with honey. 

 If for any reason one 

 should fill the first pan, 

 he can lift it out and 

 shove the other one 

 under the spout, put the cross-bar back, and 

 keep on melting until that also is full. The 

 outside wax-pan holds 36 pounds, and the 

 other 35. I have never been able to fill 

 either of these pans in a day's run, but have 

 filled it from other wax. I have extracted 

 from 13 to 15 cases of honey a day, getting 

 from 18 to 20 pounds of wax. 



This separator is probably too large for 

 tlie average beeman, but can be made any 

 size desired. The reason I made this size 

 was because the w^ax cake fitted a gunny 

 sack much nicer, and I did not have to stop 

 my work when the separator was full, as 



was I he case with the 1911 separator. The 

 new one has a great deal more slope than 

 I he one of 1911, and cuts all the surplus 

 honey out, as tlie wax-pan closely follows 

 the slope of the outside pan. There is a 

 screw-cap outlet near the bottom to draw 



Fig. 3.- 



-The new separator, showing the parts. 



oft' the honey each morning down to the %- 

 inch partition. Always, when through with a 

 day's work, the slumgum-basket should be 

 lifted out, a sack thrown over the separator 

 to let all cool together. The next morning 

 tlie large cake of wax is ready to take off. 

 Where the slumgum-basket was will be a 

 %-inch piece of solid wax, which must be 

 removed to make room for the basket again. 



A lV2-iiich pipe carries the honey from 

 the separator to my extractor-pipe. From 

 there a 2V2-inch pipe carries it into the 

 tank. 



Imperial, Cal. 



REPORT ON APIARY INSPECTION AND DEMONS' 



RIO 



BY MORLEY PETTIT 

 Provincial Apiarist 



It has not been found necessary to make 

 much change in the management of the 

 inspection of apiaries from the methods 

 reported at jirevious conventions. In ac- 

 cordance with a resolution passed at the last 

 annual convention, more local inspectors 

 were appointed than ever before; but with 

 this exception the work has been carried on 

 much as usual. 



The inspectois' conference was held at 

 the beekeeping short course in January at 

 the Ontario Agi'icultural College. A letter, 

 warning against danger of spreading dis- 

 ease by allowing bees to rob, was sent to 

 the general list of beekeepers early in the 

 spring, and the self-inspection report-forms 

 went to tiie disease list of beekeepers in 



May. These were given a hearty response 

 by the recipients. 



Twenty-one apiary inspectors were em- 

 ployed. Nine of these were strictly local 

 inspectors; tl'at is, they are practical bee- 

 keepers appointed to inspect bees in their 

 (nvn and adjoining counties. Eight have 

 taken some training at the Ontario Agi-icul- 

 tural College, and have returned to their 

 homes to keep bees. They also acted as 

 local inspectors. The four remaining men 

 weie sent out directly from the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, after having received 

 a special course of training in apiary in- 

 spection and in conducting apiary demon- 

 strations. 



One thousand three hundred and sixteen 



