March, 1922 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUI-TURE 



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Rear view of Roy Rabbitt's honey-house and workshop. The garage is located in tlie basement, the trucks 

 having access by driveway to the middle story. 



combs. Like the Israelites of old when a 

 move to new pastures becomes necessary, 

 the beekeeper can easily pick up and go, for 

 the shed itself can be moved or it can be 

 sold without much loss. 



More and more the central extracting 

 plant is coming to the front, owing to the 

 improved roads and to better and cheaper 

 trucks. Among the central-plant advocates 

 we find a group who believe in constructing 

 a building ample for their requirements, but 

 of such a shape and style as to be readily 

 reconstructed into a garage, barn, or even 

 into a dwelling house, in case a move be- 

 comes necessary. In this way the prop- 

 erty can be disposed of without great loss. 



Then there are other beekeepers who be- 

 lieve in constructing a special building of 



a type exactly suited to their needs. This 

 group seems to be increasing— a testimony 

 in favor of the increasing stability of the 

 honey business. 



Eoy Babbitt of Caldwell, Idaho, has a 

 very fine building. Mr. Eabbitt produces 

 both comb and extracted honey, and his 

 building is well adapted to the needs of 

 both. Counting the basement, there are 

 three floors. Because of being built on a 

 sidehill, tlie first and second floors are on 

 the grade line. Mr. Eabbitt has rooms 

 for special purposes, including a garage 

 for two trucks, workrooms, rooms for the 

 storing of supplies, warm rooms for the 

 storing of comb honey, etc. He has an 

 abundance of light and electricity for both 

 heat and poAver. By the way, Mr. Eabbitt 



A creamery converted by H. M. West of Parma, Ida., into a honey-house. It was already provided with a 



horizontal boiler of good capacity, an insulated room, plenty of tanks, etc. A trucj? may be backed up to 



the basement or up the incline to the main floor. 



