308 THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIEW 



Heavy losses to Glen Isla are no peculiarities. I have seen after 

 a severe trial 95% to 97% carried off. I know of an apiary shifted 

 there late in autumn ; that winter was a severe one — not as regards 

 cold, the finer the weather the worse they seem to come out — 60% 

 of the place bees succumbed but only 3% of the shifted ones; they 

 averaged 360 pounds that year. The pollen that they stored while 

 in their old locality saved them. 



From 240 to 300 pounds has been the general average this year. 

 I have heard of no higher, although the bloom was very good. The 

 l)ees Avere in many cases exceptionally weak in early spring. 



Honey in most cases is taken by power and the cappings treated 

 with Beuhne reducers. Horse and wagonette are the means of con- 

 veyance; bullock and horse do the hauling to rail — fifty road miles. 

 The market is then 180 by line. Cartage on rail has been greatly 

 reduced through the efforts of the Apiarists' Association. The three 

 best honeys are Yellow Box, Red Gum, and White Box. They com- 

 mand as a rule 3d.=6c, but it will run to 4d=8c at times when 

 scarce. I have had inquiry to price of honey in bulk. In ten-ton 

 lots at 2%d per pound. That is on the spot. 



Nearly everyone manufactures his own bee material by means 

 of power saws. The timber used mostly is second-hand petrol cases, 

 ^ inch. Kerosene case timber in many cases constitutes the hive 

 timber — }i inch. They are a little on the thin side, but are a ''hurry 

 up" makeshift. 



It seldom goes below 40° F. in winter and hot weather here is 

 from 90° to 105°. It runs a great deal higher in the interior, but 

 the heat is clearer than it is in the south. 



Unskilled labor runs $5 to $7 a week and keep. Skilled labor, 

 if it can be procured, is worth much more. 



My Honey Extractor Equipment 



E. T. BAINARD, Lambert, Ontario. 



SEVEN or eight years ago I purchased a gasoline engine for 

 hive making. Soon afterward I made a large power honey ex- 

 tractor, building it of galvanized iron. The base of the ma- 

 chine contains the running gear. There is also room to put a lamp 

 or oil stove in the base to warm up the honey as it flows over the 

 bottom of the extractor, which puts it in better condition for going 

 through the strainer cloth. This extractor was run with a friction 

 gear in connection Avith a speed regulator that gave a slow speed 

 at the start when the combs were heavy and liable to break down, 

 the speed increasing as the combs became lighter at the finish. But 



