August, 1917 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



599 



EXTRACTING ON A TRAILER 



A Sectional Canvas building on an 

 cAnto Trailer, Large Enough to 

 Hold a Complete Extracting-Outfit 



By H. H. Root 



UP to last 

 year we 



did all of 

 our extract ii)g' at 

 a central plant 

 here in Medina, 

 hauling the full 

 combs in and the 

 empty combs 

 back again to the five or six apiaries. This 

 year we conceived the idea of a portable 

 extracting-house. An old touring-ear that 

 had long since passed its days of usefulness 

 was available, so we decided to build a trail- 

 er and erect thereon a sectional canvas 

 building in which to do the extracting. 



The platform we constructed of IV^-inch 

 lumber. On account of the fact that it was 

 necessary to go beyond the wheels to get the 

 necessary width we decided to make two 

 floore, the lower one 33 inches wide resting 

 directly on the channel frame of the ma- 

 chine, and the wide floor 12 inches above 

 it. The two floors were nailed firmly to 

 2 X 12 sills, the back ends of which were cut 

 away to conform to the curve of the chassis 

 frame. This platform we bolted firmly to 

 the chassis with y2-inch iron rods, the low- 

 er ends of which were bent to hook around 

 tlie lower edge of the frame. The upper 

 ends extended up thru the upper floor, wliere 



they were cut 

 off flush with 

 the floor. Nuts 

 turned down 

 solid made the 

 ])latform abso- 

 lutely rigid. The 

 space betwoen 

 the two floors is 

 12 inches deep at the front end (tho not 

 quite so deep at the rear), about 30 inches 

 wide and 12 feet long, giving plenty of 

 room for carrying supers, supplies, tools, 

 etc. At each end is a hinged door. 



Interior of the extracting-room on wheels. Tlie 

 capping-box stands near the front on the left. The 

 empty space at the right is for the full and empty 

 supers. Back of the eight-frame extractor are the 

 engine, elarifying-tank, water-can, etc. 



Tlie cappinu--! t>\ is iiK'rt-ly a luiiu'' hox a foot high 

 and about nineteen inches wide, with a slatted bot- 

 tom. This stands in a shallow galvanized tray, in 

 the lowest corner of which is soldered a tube for the 

 hose connection to the pump. The same pump, there- 

 fore, drains the extractor and capping-box. No at- 

 tempt is made to melt the cappings, for the box is 

 (luite large enough to hold the accumulation of a 

 whole day. 



The room on top is made in six parts, 

 consisting of the two sides, the rear, the 

 roof, and the two canvas-covered doors at 

 the front end. The upper part of each 

 side, as shown, is made of heavy galvanized 

 screen 36 inches wide, with canvas 30 inches 

 wide covering the lower part. The screens 

 are tacked to a separate frame, hinged in 



