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How I Turn the Extractor. 

 This tightener will do very well if each comb is about the same 

 weight when placed in the extractor. If honey is coming in fast, uncap 

 shallow, or just shave the capping off deep enough to get it all; but if 

 slow, cut deep or clear down to the frame. Now place in the extractor 

 our nice, fat combs dripping with honey, and be sure to put in the combs 

 so that the top bars are always one way, as the machine will balance bet- 

 ter. Did you ever turn a sausage grinder? Well, you can't turn an 

 extractor that way. Uncle Dudley stands square in front of the handle 

 and can just make it buzz. It is all done with the hand and forearm, 

 hardly moving the shoulder joint. 



Management of Three Thousand Colonies Bees in 



Fifty Yards 



By J. J WILDER, Cordele, Ga. 



A Financial Success. 

 ^■■^ T the time I made my final start at bee-keeping I was work- 

 ^^^^ ing as an all-round man in a sash, door and blind factory, 

 which was my regular job. I worked myself up to this posi- 

 tion solely for the purpose of taking up bee-keeping and that thereby 

 I might sustain myself while making the start, and help my bee busi- 

 ness along as much as I could, or at least not have to draw any of the 

 returns from the bees to cover living expenses. 



Thus I sustained myself and at the same time gave my bee busi- 

 ness a good chance, and I met with success. But finally T could not 

 hold my regular job and not let my bee business suffer from neglect, 

 for I was wanted at the shop regular, and my bee business had grown 

 to such extent that it would require a month or more time during the 

 height of the season, so I gave up my job. But during these years T 

 did my apiary work, and set up all my supplies early in the morning 

 before work time, and on my return from work until I retired at night, 

 and many times it was very late, too, but I was too deeply interested 

 to ever consider the amount of work I was really doing. 



After I had given up my factory job, I gave my bees my entire 

 attention for a month or more during the best part of the season, but 

 as soon as this was over I took up carpenter work and followed it 

 during all my spare time from the bees. During this time T set up 

 supplies and did some apiary work, as I had done while at work at 

 the shop. I found carpentry an excellent trade to follow along with 

 bee-keeping, as it could be taken up or dropped at most any time, and 

 besides, the knowledge of carpentry helped me out much in similar 

 work about my bee business, such as building honey houses and the 

 making of certain hive parts, such as any mechanic with suitable tools 

 can do. 



