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A Reversitole Extractor.— R. 



F. Holtermann, of Brantford, Ont., has 

 sent an engraving and the following de- 

 scription of the new "Goold Reversible 

 Honey-Extractor :" 



The engraving herewith illustrates a 

 reversible honey-extractor made and 

 patented by E. L. Goold & Co., of Brant- 

 ford, Ont. It can be made either as a 

 two-frame or four-frame machine. For 

 a two-frame Langstroth a can 233^ 

 inches in diameter is required ; for a 

 four-frame the diameter must be 27 

 inches. The baskets are reversed by 



tried by some customers and myself in 

 the apiary last year, and several changes 

 have been made since its first invention. 

 The machine took the first prize at the 

 Toronto Industrial Exhibition last Fall, 

 for the best and most practical invention 

 not heretofore shown at that exhibition. 

 There were five inventions competing. 



Preparing for the Harvest. 



— One secret of success in securing 

 comb-honey is to have the brood-combs 

 all occupied with brood before the honey 

 harvest opens, so that when the harvest 



The Qoold Reversible Honey-Extractor. 



means of a positive lever motion. The 

 levers radiating from the center shaft 

 work in a slot in the bottom of the 

 comb pockets. 



Reversing the crank reverses the cen- 

 ter shaft, which in turn revolves the 

 levers a little way, and thus causes the 

 pockets to be swung around. 



Unlike the Stanley extractor, when 

 one pocket reverses, all must reverse. 

 This is a great advantage. 



The extractor has been in the hands 

 of Goold & Co. for over a year, their ob- 

 ject being to thoroughly perfect it before 

 giving it to the public. It was carefully 



commences the bees are obliged to put 

 the honey in the sections. 



If we use a small brood-chamber, it 

 will be seen that the brood comes clear 

 to the tops of the frames or hive, and 

 consequently very close to the sections, 

 hence the bees readily enter the sections, 

 while with a large brood-chamber the 

 bees store the comb the queen does not 

 occupy, with honey at the beginning of 

 harvest, so that the sections are ex- 

 cluded from the brood by several inches 

 of sealed honey, and they do not readily 

 fill them, or refuse to go in at all. — 0. J. 

 Farmer. 



