MARCH 1, 1916 



at one load, and is indispensable for han- 

 dling the twelve apiaries scattered in a 

 thirty-mile circle. 



I find that il is cheaper to bring all 

 honey to the home central yard to extract 

 than to move exti actors, etc., from yard to 

 yard, because I he honey has to be hauled to 

 market anyhow, and it is just a^ well to 



carry back empty supere as to go empty ; 

 besides, it saves building- extracting-houses 

 at all yards. 



The solar extr?.ctors shown are home- 

 made, and melt cappings in a short time, 

 and the wax is hot enough to run into 

 cakes. 



Michigan. 



WHY I PREFER THE HOUSE-APIARY 



BY E. C. BARBER 



/''/f/V TRANCES 



The drawings show the front and floor 

 Wews of my shop, honey-house, engine- 

 room, and house-apiary. No. 2 in the sketch 

 shows the shop, which is 10 x 20 ft., and has 

 a concrete floor. No. 1 shows the engine- 

 room, 5x5 feet, which has a 2i/4-boi'se- 

 power engine. 



The work-bench is clearly shown. This 

 is three feet wide, and runs the length of 

 the shop. In this bench there is a cross- 

 timber, half way from the floor to the top 

 of the bench, where my shafting hangers 

 are bolted. The belt from the gas-engine 

 runs thru two small 

 holes thru the side of 

 the building into the 

 shop. There are two 

 circular saws, one a 

 cutoff, and one a rip 

 saw. 



The other bench 1 

 use for section work 

 only. There is also a 

 bench at the end con- 

 taining eight di-awers, 

 where I keep founda- 

 tion, sections, etc. The 

 shop has four windows 

 and two doors, one of 

 which leads from the 

 shop into the house- 

 apiary. 



The house-apiary is 

 an addition built on to 

 the south side of the 

 shop. This building is 

 5 ft. wide, 20 long, 

 and 7 liigh at eaves, 9 

 ft. at the side of the 

 shop, containing a 

 hive-bench 20 in dies 

 high and 24 inches 

 wide. On top of this 

 bench there are two 

 sheets of galvanized 

 iron 10 ft. long and 24 

 inches wide, on which 

 mv hive-bottom boards 



rest. I use the wide space of the bottom- 

 board the year round. The front ends of 

 these boards are placed tight against the 

 side of the apiary-bouse. The opening- 

 thru the building is cut the full size of the 

 entrance of the bottom-board. I place the 

 hive on the bottom-board, which leaves two 

 inches of the front of the bottom-board, 

 which I cover with a piece of wood 2 inches 

 wide and as long as the hive is wide. The 

 hives are placed between 7 and 8 inches 

 apart. The entrances on the outside have 

 a two-inch frame all around them. These 



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