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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



MARrn, 1922 



R. A. Bray's solid concrete honey-house at Big Timber, Mont. Mr. Bray lost a former honey-house by 

 fire, hence when he built new he adopted fireproof construction thruout. 



buys all of his supplies, as he figures that his 

 time is worth more in other ways during the 

 winter than in the construction of home- 

 made appliances. 



H. M. West of Parma, Idaho, was very 

 fortunate in securing an abandoned cream- 

 ery building all complete with steam plant, 

 insulated room, etc. It is an ideal build- 

 ing for his extensive extracted-honey pro- 

 duction. I do not feel that any power ex- 

 tracting plant is complete without a fair- 

 sized boiler for steam. In extracted-honey 

 production it is really indispensable. Most of 

 the honey-houses in the Inter-Mountain dis- 

 trict have these boilers in sheds adjoining 

 the building, or, in some instances, right 

 out in the open air. A 5 or 6 horse-power 

 boiler is ample; the amount of coal used in 

 a season is almost negligible; and, besides, 

 there is an abundance of steam for every 

 purpose. Mr. West has a large horizontal 

 boiler, one firing of which gives him all the 



steam he can use for several hours. He was 

 fortunate in securing this old creamery. 



J. M. Stark of Middleton, Idaho, has a 

 commodious well-built honey-house right in 

 town. A good-sized boiler at the rear 

 keeps him supplied with steam. He can 

 drive right into a shed adjoining the build- 

 ing. Long windows in the side and front 

 of his house furnish an abundance of light. 



R. A. Bray of Big Timber, Mont., some 

 time ago had a disastrous fire, in which he 

 lost his building and everything in it, sav- 

 ing absolutely nothing except a honey pump, 

 which, being full of honey at the time, was 

 not injured by the heat. His new building 

 is constructed of solid concrete, and is a 

 model structure in every way. It has con- 

 crete floors thruout and abundance of 

 light, water, steam and all modern con- 

 veniences. One room is partitioned off for 

 an office, another for the boiler, extracting 

 equipment and tanks, while the rest of the 



J. M. Stark's honey-house, Middleton, Ida. The vertical steam boiler in the shed outside furnishes ample 



steam for all purposes. 



