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121. Extractor with stationary can * ..... 296 



122. Power extracting outfit. (Photo by Root) , Facing page 297 



123. Honey strainer. (Redrawn from Root) . 298 



124. Honey storage tanks. (Drawn from photograph by Root) . 299 



125. Diagram to show method of spacing bee-way sections. (From 



Demuth) 308 



126. Diagram to show method of spacing plain sections. (From 



Demuth) 308 



127. Comparison of plain and bee-way sections. (From Demuth) . 308 



128. Comparison of tall and square sections of equal capacity. (From 



Demuth) 309 



129. T-super. (From Demuth) . . ... . . .309 



130. Super for square bee-way sections with section holders. (From 



Demuth) 309 



131. Super for square plain sections with section holders. (From 



Demuth) . ,310 



132. Super for tall plain sections. (From Demuth) ... . 310 



133. Superior tall plain sections in wide frames. (From Demuth) 310 



134. Old type of wide frame for holding sections. (Drawn from 



Miller) 311 



135. Section folder 312 



136. Diagram showing the arrangement of the supers. (From 



Demuth) 315 



137. Crate holding two 5-gallon honey cans 321 



138. Shipping cases for comb-honey *.,.... 328 



139. Double boiler for melting combs 336 



140. Hot water (Hershiser) wax press ...... 336 



141. Diagram showing the response of a colony of bees to changes 



in outer temperature. (From Phillips and Demuth) . . 348 



142. An apiary in winter 350 



143. Roof of a bee-cellar away from a house 353 



144. Arrangement of hives in a cellar. (Drawn from Alexander) 354 



145. Diagram showing the effects of an accumulation of feces. (From 



Phillips and Demuth) 357 



146. Alfalfa 373 



147. Basswood 375 



148. Buckwheat 377 



149. Spider flower (Cleome) ........ 378 



150. Cotton 379 



151. Dandelion . 380 



