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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15 



HOME Al'IARY OF S. 



L>. CHAPMAN, THE LAUGESr I'liOULCEU OF KASPBEKKY HONEY IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



than any other bee-keeper in Michigan, and, 

 to the best of my knowledge, more than any 

 other bee-keeper in the United States. Near- 

 ly all of my colonies are run for extracted 

 honey. I see that each colony has a young 

 queen during July in each year. 



I send you a photo of my family. They 

 are my helpers in my bee-yards. We be- 

 lieve in a home market for honey, and you 

 can tell by our looks that we consume a 

 large amount of honey for a family of five. 

 We have good health, no doctor's bills to 

 pay, and we try to feel thankful for these 

 blessings. 



Mancelona, Mich. 



EXTRACTORS. 



Brakes for the Two-frame Machines; Steam 

 vs. Gasoline for Power. 



BY ROBERT GIBB. 



S. D. CHAPMAN AND FAMILY, OF MANCELONA, MICH 



I am using a two-frame reversible extract- 

 or, and the thought has often occurred to me 

 that a brake of some sort would be a great 

 advantage. Could you not lit a brake on to 

 the handle similar to our free-wheel back 

 peddling bicycle brakes? make the handle to 

 run free when not speeding up, and by push- 

 ing in the opposite direction put on the 

 brake. 



Another idea has struck 

 me. I notice, in some of 

 the last Gleanings, illus- 

 trations of small gasoline- 

 engines for driving extract- 

 ors. Now, in our district 

 we have cream - separators 

 driven by small steam-tur- 

 bines with steam generated 

 in small boilers. How would 

 a small turbine do for ex- 

 tractors? All you have to do 

 to start or stop them is to 

 shut on and off the steam; 

 and if a brake were wanted, 

 the steam could be set 

 against the turbine. Steam 

 has many advantages over 

 gasoline — 



1. You can start and stop 

 when you like, and regulate 

 the speed. 



2. Heat is necessary while 

 extracting. 



3. A small jet of steam 

 could be led into the water 

 for heating the knives. 



4. The steam could be led 

 into the lower chamber of 

 the wax-extractor, and that 

 would make wax-rendering 

 easy. 



5. Steam has no smell. 



6. It is cheaper than gas- 



