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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Interior of P. C. Chadwkk's extracting-room. Tlie tapping-box, 3, has a V-sliaped bottom, and is fitted 



with a screen as indicated by tlie line 4. The extractor and capping-box both drain into the 



strainer, 1, 2, from wliich the honey runs by gravity into the tank below. 



dark line and Fig. 4. Board No. 5 fits 

 across the uncapping-box at No. 6, where 

 the notch may be seen for the further end, 

 a like notch being on the near side. This 

 board has in the center a cone-shaped hole, 

 dug out with a gouge chisel to allow the 

 end of a frame a support where it will not 

 slip Avhen uncapping, and also allow the 

 frame to be reversed by simply turning it 

 in the cone. In this way the frame may be 

 reversed by a simple 

 turn of the fingers of 

 the supporting hand 

 without even laying 

 the knife down. 



The stove may be 

 plainly seen, No. 9 be- 

 ing the knife-pan with 

 knives ready for use. 

 The knives are in easy 

 reach at all times, and 

 may be exchanged 

 quickly, and o f t e n 

 enough to keep tlie 

 caps coming off rapid- 

 ly, and with little loss 

 of time. When a frame 

 is nncaijped it is set 

 into the extractor, and 

 another taken from 

 the wheelbarrow on 

 the return to the un- 



capping-box. The wheelbarrow is suppos- 

 ed to stand close at hand. No. 7 is a rack 

 to hold extra frames uncapped ahead of 

 the extractor when help is being used to 

 turn the extractor during a rush. 



No. 8 is a water-pan filled with clean 

 water to remove any honey from the hands 

 or knives that may chance to be encoun- 

 tered. This pan I consider a very essential 

 part of the equipment to insure cleanliness. 



Rear 



view of Chadwick's extracting-house showing the large tank, and 

 place for filling cans under the tank. 



