CtLEanings in bee culture 



slightly and the engine puslied back away 

 from the extractor, to make up for the 

 stretch of the belt. 



Fig. 3 also shows a good arrangement for 

 a strainer. This is a combination of strainer 

 and settling-tank which works admirablj'. 

 A small barrel with both heads knocked out 

 is as good as any thing for the inner can. 

 Heavy cheese-cloth is firmly tied over the 

 low'er end, and the barrel supported as in 

 the illustration, so that the cheese-cloth is 

 ihree or four inches from the bottom of the 

 main tank. The honey is pumped into the 

 inner tank (or barrel) ; and as soon as it 

 reaches a level above the cheese-cloth the 

 bits of cappings and all foreign matter will 

 float to the surface away from the cloth so 

 lliat the latter may accomplish its purpose 

 of straining the very tine particles without 

 becoming clogged. For best results the 



honey should be allowed lo fill the large 

 tank nearly full before any is drawn off, 

 and it should be drawn off no faster than 



Friction drive of Cartercar 



any is pumped in, in order that the level 

 may be kept well away from the cheese- 

 cloth. 



POLECATS IN 



BY H. R. BOARDMAN 



I have been aware for some time that 

 skunks seemed to be attracted to my bee- 

 yard. I have found them occasionally 

 scratching at the entrance, but it did not 



dawn upon me that they were robbing the 

 hives of the live bees until quite recentl3^ 



During the moonlight nights of October 

 and November I caught them on their job. 



Flashlight of polekitty robliing H. 



Boardman's hives. 



