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often it is carried with the light truck, or a 

 Ford with a two-wlieel trailer. By the way, 

 tlio trailer is very common, especially in con- 

 nection with Fords; but they must have 

 pneumatic tires and good sin-ings. 

 Extracting Houses on Wheels. 

 I have run across a number 

 of beekeepers who use for all 

 jiurposes a regular Ford ton 

 truck, and it certainly is a very 

 serviceable outfit. Its rate of 

 speed is low, but it gets there. 

 With a large-sized platform 

 that projects over the running- 

 gear, it is eminently adapted to 

 hold a framew'Ork covered with 

 a cloth and mosquito netting for 

 an extracting-room. The John- 

 son outfit shows this type. The 

 only objection — an objection 

 that applies to any extracting- 

 room on wheels — is the limited 

 amount of room for extractor, 

 uncapping-outfit, and surplus 

 supers of combs. 



Permanent Extracting Houses. 

 Many beekeepers have permanent extraet- 

 ing-houses made of cheap lumber at each 

 yard, where they also live and sleep. When 

 they move the bees they go to another 

 ' ' shack ' ' of the same sort, taking with 

 them the equipment. The objection to the 



clamps, and covered with cloth and mos- 

 quito netting, is used. The Tice outfit, one 

 of the best I have seen, is made up of door 

 panels. They all have a roof of canvas, or 



Fig. 5. — Dismountable e.xtriu-ting-liuuse of Prank MtNay, Pusa- 

 d I. a. 'il.i.-, .s uiadf of four large par. els or frames tavered with 

 cloth and mosquito netting. It is held together at the corners 

 by means of large metal hinges. When it is desired to move, the 

 bolts to the hinges are withdrawn, when the two sides of the 

 hinges come apart, releasing the frames, when they are loaded 

 one by one on to a truck. This building is very cheap and 

 serviceable. 



even of common muslin, more to ward off 

 the sun than the rain, which is not common 

 during the time of extracting. They are all 

 take-down-able so that they can be loaded 

 on to a truck in an hour's time. If an ob- 

 noxious neighbor or a failure of locality ren- 

 ders moving necessary they can be easily 

 moved. 



Tents for Extracting. 

 The Lusher boys of Pasadena, with their 

 1,800 colonies, use a common wall tent with 

 high sides for an extracting-house. One 

 gable end has a large window covered with 

 mosquito netting. The extractor is placed 

 next to this ''window" where the fumes of 



Fig. -i. — This dismountable extractm.; Imhi-i used by 

 H. A. Stearns of Duarte differ.s from the others in 

 that it is made of corrugated metal. It is very neat 

 and well designed, and should last indefinitely. The 

 roof is covered with canvas. 



permanent building is the danger that loca- 

 tions can not be held, or that neighbors 

 may make it impossible to remain. I have 

 seen many of these old bee-shacks up on the 

 mountain sides that have been abandoned. 

 These are certainly a waste of hard-earned 

 money at the present price of lumber. 

 Take-down-able Extracting Houses. 

 A very common form of extracting-house 

 is represented by the type used by Tice, 

 McNay, and Stearns, here shown. Some- 

 times corrugated metal is used as seen in 

 the Stearns building. More often a frame- 

 work held together by bolts, hinges, or 



Fig. (-;.— I'nrtalilf. rM i-iirt , i,- lious,. ,,1 \ 1 '['u-f. 

 Jjos .\ngele.s, also shown in Fig. o. This structure 

 is made up of door panels held together by clamps 

 and bolts. The fact that Mr. Tice is a carpenter 

 and builder explains why it is .so neat and well 

 designed. It is one of the best portable dismounta- 

 ble extracting-houses in California. 



the freshly extracted honey draw any rob- 

 bers that may be present, and away from 

 the door that is always kept closed by the 

 tent flaps. 



All these different schemes have their 

 merits. What is good for California will be 



