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G I. E A N I N O S IN BEE CULTURE 



June, 1917 



m FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE J 



(.'oiHTete honey-house uud work-shop belongiiifc to T. .). Riggs, Wilcox, Ariz.' 



run by my little extraeting-engine. On the 

 north side of the building at the driveway 

 the wagonbed is level with the platform, so 

 that the loading of the honey is very easy — 

 in fact, the moving of the honey all the way 

 to town is downhill. 



For extracting at my five different apia- 

 ries I have a portable 

 room built on a wagon. 

 This is very light, as 

 the body is made of 

 thin 'strips of wood 

 covered with canvas. 

 A wide plank leads 

 from the ground up on 

 to the wagon, and the 

 honey is run on tlie 

 wheelbarrow right 

 thru the hanging can- 

 vas door. When we 

 move to another yard 

 this wide plank is 

 pushed in the door of 

 the extracting - wagon 

 and is thus carried 

 right along with it. 



I also have what I 

 call a tank-wagon, 

 which is stopped on 

 low ground, a little in 



front of the extraeting-wagon, and the 

 honey runs thru a pipe from the extracting- 

 wagon to the tank. 



I have 400 colonies of bees in five apia- 

 ries. Two experienced men with the outfit 

 can extract from 300 colonies a day. 



Wilcox, Ariz. T. J. RiGGS. 



Mr. -Rh 



■waffon made of a liK'ht framework covered with 

 canvas and screen. 



