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arranged or more satisfactory honey house could scarcely be 

 planned. The honey room must always be kept dry to avoid 

 injury to the honey. 



Fig. 89 shows another kind of honey house. Here every- 

 thing is on the lower floor, excepting storage for unused equip- 

 ment. The building is composed of three large rooms. At one 

 end is the general storage room. In the center is the extracting 



Fig. 90. — The automobile i3 valuable for outyard trork. 



room, also used for preparing equipment, wiring frames, etc. 

 At the other end the automobile is driven in with the load. The 

 automobile is a very useful, and now almost necessary adjunct 

 to a large apiary, where outyards are widely scattered, as the 

 time saved in travelling to and from the yards is an important 

 consideration (Fig. 90). 



As will be seen from the two pictures, the extensive produc- 

 tion of honey necessitates a large building for comfortable work. 

 The tendency is always to build too small, and crowding does 



