JULY 1, 1912 



as we have in the North, bulk comb honey 

 would remain liquid longer and in most 

 cases would reach the consumer before gran- 

 ulation set in. — Ed.] 



A HOME-MADE PUSH-CAR AND TRACK FOR 

 USE IN A LARGE APIARY 



removed between these hours to keep us 

 busy the rest of the day and the next morn- 

 ing. The car track is made in 20-foot 

 lengths, and can be put down in an hour or 

 two. When not in use it is piled up and 

 covered with corrugated-iron sheets. 



BY C. W. DAYTON 



Cut No. 1 shows how I arrange a rack on 

 the Daisy wheelbarrow so as to carry an 

 appreciable load. My frames are 13 inches 

 long, and the barrow will carry 4 comb- 

 boxes, or 8 two deep ; but of the standard- 

 size frames the barrow holds 2 comb boxes 



side by side, and one crosswise. The Daisy 

 is the best barrow I have ever found for 

 use, either in or out of the apiary. I use 

 a wheelbarrow for wheeling honey until the 

 honey-flow comes on in earnest. Then I use 

 the car constructed as 

 in Fig. 2. I made this 

 car in 1899, and have 

 used it six seasons. The 

 wheels and axles are the ^-^ 



same as are used in min- 

 ing. It runs very easily, 

 carries one or two tons 

 when necessary, and 

 costs $7.00 for the run- 

 ning gears. It requires 

 about $50.00 worth of 

 track, made of wood 

 covered with strap iron, 

 as shown. 



iKg. 3 shows the load- 

 ed car partly inside the 

 extracting-r o o m, and 

 the rear part covered 

 with mosquito-bar frame 

 to exclude bees. I do 

 not run the whole car 

 inside the building. 



When the honey-flow 

 is at its height I do not 

 remove honey earlier than about 10 o'clock 

 because the comb-builders are drowsy, and 

 hard to brush from the combs; and I do not 

 remove honey later than 3 o'clock, because 

 the old bees are usually returning from the 

 fields and will fight. But enough can be 



If the apiarist intends to use a. car, tho 

 ground should be level; and the..e should h« 

 as few directions to travel as possible. My 

 track is arranged in three directions as in- 

 dicated in sketch 4. When I came here and 

 adopted this location, everj"- foot of the 

 ground was so steep that a hive would roll 

 down the mountain. These tracks are level; 

 and the width of the embankment, including; 

 both sides of the tracks, is not les5 than 12 

 feet, and affords space for 600 colonies if 

 necessary; but 350 are the most I have kept 

 here. It was made with pick and shovrl, 

 which afford the best kind of exercise i 

 know of. 



Fig. 5 represents the turn-table, which 

 cost about $5.00 besides the labor. Fig. 6 



shows that the space in the track which the 

 turn-table occupies is too short for the turn- 

 table to turn. For this reason I use the 

 bridge as shown, and give the table plenty 

 of room. IMiy track is made of 2x4 strips of 

 wood, with straps of iron Vixli/i inches, and 



