APRIL 1, 1913 



pacity, a 6-ft. tank extending under the 

 platform can be installed. An excellent 

 storage place is found beneath the east end 

 of the platform for honey-eases, etc. 



The screen windows are on the east and 

 west. The screens should come 3 or 4 inches 

 above the opening, and % to % from the 

 side wall. In the morning the bees, both 

 inside and out, are attracted to the east win- 

 dow ; and the scent coming direct from the 

 screen does not attract the bees to the exit 

 4 inches higher up. In the afternoon the 

 bees are attracted to the west window, and 

 so your extractor, etc., are always free from 

 bees ; whereas if the screen is placed direct- 

 ly over the extractor more or less bees will 

 be constanth' falling in. 



I particularly wish to call attention to 

 the door. Xever make a screen-door. Let 

 it be solid, so that as few bees as possible 

 will be attracted to its locality. The same 

 idea is followed in the door as in the screen. 

 The door west, being in the shade during 

 the morning, will attract fewer bees. The 

 door east, being in the shade during the 

 afternoon, will attract fewer bees. 



Bakersfield, Cal. 



THE INTERNATIONAL AUTO WAGON AND 

 PORTABLE EXTRACTING OUTFIT 



BY J. E. FARE 



If the owner is the driver, and a careful 

 driver, and if he uses one of the Interna- 

 tional Harvester auto wagons with a high 

 wheel and solid tires, I find there is a sav- 

 ing over the feed of a horse. The horse will 

 cost about 75 cts. per day for feed if you 

 feed him properly. Furthermore, your time 

 is lost, principally on the roads. To do the 

 same work, gasoline costs less than the 

 horse-feed, and nearh^ all the time on the 

 road is saved. 



My west yard is equipped with two build- 

 ings. One is a store-house for combs, and 

 the other an extracting-room. I eciuipped 

 this building with as good an equipment as 

 money can buy. I use an eight-frame auto- 

 matic extractor driven by a two-and-one- 

 half-horse-power Sandow engine. A rotary 

 pump conveys the honey through pipes to 

 1000-lb. storage tanks, six of wliich I have 

 in the one yard. 



I thought of hauling combs here to ex- 

 tract, and I tried the plan to my sorrow. 

 Just think of making a trip to an out-api- 

 ai-j', taking off perhaps 1200 lbs. of honey, 

 drawing the combs to the central yard after 

 you are exhausted lifting them on the wag- 

 on or truck ! You do the same heavy lift- 

 ing at the other yard, and then return 



the empty combs after you have washed out 

 your wagon or car, which must be done to 

 prevent robbing. Furthermore, I use thick- 

 top unspaeed frames, and I was disgusted 

 at the appearance of those beautiful combs, 

 all bruised and jammed out of shape. If 

 one used shallow self-spaced frames, per- 

 haps they would stand the hauling, but I 

 can not afford to lose the time. 



We have a portable and collapsible hon- 

 ey-house, 6 X 6 X 14, which can be moved on 

 a low wagon just as it is. It may be folded 

 down on the bottom. The ends are made of 

 square frames of 2 x 4 stuff, sealed with 

 pine flooring. The lower half of the sides 

 is covered with paroid roofing, and the up- 

 l^er half with wire screen ; and I use white 

 oilcloth for curtains, also for the top half. 

 This space is enough to allow the equip- 

 ment which I have before spoken of, only 

 I use two 1000-lbs. tanks and remove the 

 honey into the cans each morning. This al- 

 lows the honey to settle over night. As 

 fast as I fill these crates of pails they are 

 loaded on to the truck and left right there 

 until the day's work is done; then for our 

 evening job they are hauled to a barn for 

 storage. 



Low Banks, Out., Dee. 3. 



A COMPLETE EXTRACTING-OUTFIT 



The Use of Capping-melters, Strainers, Pump, etc., 

 at Out-apiaries 



BY E. L. SECHRIST 



F. R. Beuhne, on p. 489, Aug. 15, 1911, 

 has, I think, stated the case fairly for and 

 against the capping-melter. During this 

 season I have used three capping-melters, 

 one being the Severin, described in Glean- 

 ings^ page 722, Dec. 1, 1911. The others 

 were the combined melter and Mclntyre un- 

 capping-box described on pages 406 and 

 410, July 1, 1912. Comparing the two, the 

 Severin is small and easily moved. The 

 other is bulky, and adapted only to a per- 

 manent location. The Severin requires a 

 two-burner stove, as all the honey contained 

 in the cappings must also be heated while 

 melting the cappings. The combined melter, 

 on account of di'aining off much of the hon- 

 ey before melting, requires only a one- 

 burner stove, and much less honey is dark- 

 ened by heating. Again, it is much easier 

 to uncap into a large box than into a small 

 melter like the Severin. The combined 

 melter also takes care of all the drip from. 

 uncapped combs waiting to be extracted, so 

 that there is no dripping of honey any- 



