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CHAPTER XII. 



HONEY EXTRACTORS. 



THE first of the extractors to be described in this 

 chapter is of the Little Wonder pattern ; it is 

 useful to a bee keeper with two or three hives, 

 but is unsuitable for a larger apiary, as only one 

 comb at a time can be operated on. It is difficult 

 to use, and if the honey is thick from natural 

 causes or through cold weather the extractor can- 

 not be made to revolve at a sufficiently high speed 

 to clear the combs. Where a number of hives are 

 worked for extracted honey, a geared cylinder ex- 

 tractor (described later in this chapter) is neces- 

 sary. 



To make the extractor (of which Fig. 108 is a 

 side view showing tffe handle raised) a piece of 

 clean, straight-grained red deal, 3 ft. 10 in. long 

 by If in. square, is required. From one end cut 

 off 7 in., and, beginning at about 6 in. from both 

 ends, chamfer down to circles 1| in. in diameter, 

 and fix ferrules about 1 in. long as shown at A 

 (Fig. 108). Then insert two pieces of |-in. round 

 iron, one 10 in. long and the other 4 in. long, for 

 about 3 in. into the ends ; the long piece should 

 be at the top, and the short piece at the bottom. 

 Take the 7-in. piece of wood, centre the ends, and 

 bore a f-in. hole through from end to end and 

 round the wood to lj in. in diameter as shown at 

 B (Fig. 108). Next bend two pieces of 1-in. by 

 J-in. hoop iron about 2 ft. 9 in. long to the shape 

 shown in Fig. 109. It will be well to make a 

 rough template of the shape, and, if the iron is 

 fairly good, the bending can be done with a hand 

 vice after heating the metal in the fire. Place 



