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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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A CONVENIENT EXTRACTING- 

 ROOM. 



BY CARL H. HANSEN. 



ATWATER'S QUEEN FINDER. 

 How to Use them with Sectional Hives. 



BY E. F. ATWATER. 



The arrangement of theextracting-room shown 

 in the engraving is the most satisfactory that I 

 have ever used. The extractor is more stable 

 than I have been able to have it when placed on a 

 box; furthermore, I find it easier to turn the ma- 

 chine when it is low down. The position of the 

 honey-pail is a disadvantage; but if next season's 

 crop warrants the expense 1 shall arrange to have 

 the honey conveyed through a pipe directly to 

 vats in the cellar. 



The extractor is placed at the edge of the trap- 

 door opening into the cellar. The honey, after 

 being drawn, is emp- 

 tied into large earth- 

 enware jars or into tin 

 pails. The extracting 

 completed, we wash 

 the extractor, place a 

 large piece of cheese- 

 cloth over the top of 

 the extractor-can, and 

 fasten the cloth with 

 a heavy cord. The 

 honey is skimmed, 

 and then strained into 

 the extractor-can. 

 After the bubbles of 

 air have risen to the 

 surface we run the 

 honey directly into 

 pint Mason jars, and 

 finally put on the la- 

 bels. We do not heat 

 the honey, as our 

 trade does not de- 

 mand it. In fact, 

 many prefer it in the 

 candied state. 

 Madison, Wis. 



[The arrangement 

 here shown is good 

 — much better than 

 an extractor set 

 up on a box. One can 

 better afford to cut 

 a hole in the floor in 

 which to put the pail, 

 and, when the ex- 

 tracting season is over, 

 cover it with a trap- 

 door. A better ar- 

 rangement, as sug- 

 gested, is to run a tin 

 pipe to convey the 

 honey to a tank on a 

 lower level. The 

 trouble with running 

 the honey direct into 

 a pail is that one is 

 likely to forget and 

 let the honey run over 

 and waste. Enough 

 is lost in this way to 

 pay for a tin pipe in a 

 short time. — Ed.] 



Years ago, when I was greatly interested in 

 the divisible-brood-chamber (or sectional) hive, 

 I gave a great deal of study to the methods best 

 adapted to its management. From the late S. P, 

 Cully, of Higginsville, Mo., I obtained the idea 

 of the queen-finder, as shown in the engraving. 

 It is simply a light box, about 7 inches deep, 20 

 long, 18 wide, having a rim of %-inch sticks, 

 nailed about two inches from the bottom, all 

 around the inside. On this rim is nailed a large 

 sheet of queen-excluding metal. Around the 

 upper edge is nailed a strip of tin, projecting in- 



INTERIOR OF HANSEN'S EXTRACTING-HOUSE. 



