1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



137 



E. D. TOWNSENDS PORTABLE EX 1 KACTING-HOUSES AND PINE LAKE OUTYABD. 



BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS, ILLUS- 

 TRATED, 



Portable Extracting-houses; How Made and Used. 



BY E. D. TOWNSEND. 



Our extracting-houses for outyards are 

 built in sections. The floor (12 X 16 ft.) is 

 in two parts; the sides and ends and each 

 side of the roof are separate. Built in this 

 way a team can draw the whole building at 

 one load on a flat rack. 



The material that we use, for the most 

 part, is hemlock, although some of our 

 houses are built of white pine. We decid- 

 edly prefer the latter, as it works nice and 

 is very light. A material both durable and 

 light should be selected for this purpose 

 when possible. 



The foundation is built of 2 X 6's placed 

 16 inches from center to center, the planed 

 and matched bee-tight floor being laid on 

 them. The frame of the foundation is of 

 the same material, and is spiked to the ends 



of the 2x6 in, joists. When setting up the 

 foundation, solid underpinnings are used, 

 three at each side, one in the middle at both 

 ends, and one in the center of the floor. We 

 build each section of this foundation about 

 8 X 12 ft, and run the sleepers the short way. 

 Properly underpinned, the floor thus built 

 is very solid, and free from jar. 



The foundation, when in jolace, is one inch 

 smaller each way than the building. This 

 allows for some "play "in squaring up the 

 structure, but is of value more particularly 

 to allow the siding to extend down below 

 the floor an inch or so to keep the water 

 from running in. 



The sides are 6 X 16 ft., and the 6-ft. posts 

 of the sides and ends of the building are so 

 placed that the two 2 X 4's used for posts at 

 each corner (one 2X4 being a part of the 

 side and the other of the end) come flat sides 

 together, and are securely bolted, as shown in 

 Fig. 2. The framework above the founda- 

 tion is of 2 X 4's, planed down rather thin 

 for convenience in moving. The siding is 

 put on up and down, and may be matched 



