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room. Of course, a large stove in the shop might be made to 

 heat any or all of the rooms. I would have the comb-honey 

 room very tight, and ventilated by an easily regulated slide 

 into the chimney for the purpose of easy fumigation. 



The extractor-room should have close, moth-proof cup- 

 boards for receiving brood-combs. Those in our house are 

 high enough for three rows of frames, and wide enough just 

 to receive the top-bar of a frame crosswise. Cleats nailed on 

 to the inside hold the frames, which are turned diagonally a 

 little to pass them to the lower tier. This room ought also to 

 have a table for work, uncapping-box (Fig. 156), and large open 

 tanks, open barrels, or extractor-cans, to hold the honey while 

 it ripens. If the building is painted dark, this room will be 

 warmer in summer. The warmer it becomes the more rapidly 

 the honey thickens. 



A chamber above costs but little, and serves admirably as 

 a place for storage. This may be entered by stairs from the 

 shop. 



A neat bench and sharp tools, all conveniently placed, 

 make the shop a very desirable fixture to every apiary. 



I have spoken of a car and track in large apiaries ; such 

 an arrangement, which costs but little, is exceedingly desir- 

 able. The tracks run close to the rows of hives, and by means 

 of simple switches, the car can be run anywhere in the apiary. 



