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GLEANJ^'GS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15 



naturally be made should water not be 

 drawn otf. 



' 'An automatic eight-frame honey-extractor 

 and gasoline-engine, ready to run, are shown 

 in Fig. 5 The belt-shifter is shown Doited 

 to the base of the honey-extractor. One 

 hand can be placed on this and the other on 

 the automatic reverse, and honey can be re- 

 versed in the least possible time. We ex- 

 tracted 8000 lbs. in less than two hours last 

 season. One man tends to the machine, fills 

 cans, and tills and moves the combs from the 

 extractor. The gasoline-engine is manufac- 

 tured by our local firm here. It is a two-horse- 

 power machine, and does the work well. 

 In former years we had extractors at each 

 apiary; but now we have disposed of all oth- 

 er extractors and bought this machine, and 

 we are more than pleased with the results. 



Any one, even though he has never ridden a 

 bicycle, can ride this machine safely, with a 

 little care at the start, as this railroad attach- 

 ment holds the whole rigidly in place. All 

 the operator has to do is to propel it. 1 have 

 used this machine for six years, and find it 

 better than a horse or an automobile; in fact, 

 were it not for this I would have to take a 

 tie ticket to go to my apiaries. 



"The out-apiaries are located higher than 

 Boyne Falls, which is about 16 miles fi'om 

 Petoskey. I am able to coast nearly half this 

 distance. All 1 have to do is to put my foot 

 on the coaster brake occasionally to avoid 

 going too fast. I have two of these machines 

 at the present time. 



"Fig. 6 shows our home. My oldest boy, 

 Johnny, and I are ready to start with the 

 wheel and railroad attachment for the out- 



FIG. 3. — FILLING AND LABELING BOTTLES. 



The method of flllinp the bottles is here shown. The top label in the bunch is pasted, and the bottle rolled 

 over It. Thus the labels are put on without being handled at all. 



We never could think of going back to the 

 hand machines now, any more than farmers 

 would think of going back to the flail for 

 thrashing their grain. 



" We think this method of extracting hon- 

 ey in our apiaries the cheapest and most sat- 

 isfactory way, as the extracting can be done 

 much better. Practically all of the honey 

 can be removed from the combs; and one 

 thing which we were surprised to learn was 

 that we never broke a comb in doing it. 



"My method of going to the out-apiai'ies 

 which are located along the railroads is 

 shown in Fig. 7. Twelve to sixteen miles 

 per hour can be traveled with perfect ease. 



apiaries. All of our bees are kept in out- 

 apiaries." 



Unlike most arrangements for filling glass- 

 es for the retail trade is the device construct- 

 ed and used by Mr. Coveyou. It is very 

 simple — just a rubber hose about four feet 

 long, with one end fastened at the bottom of 

 his filling-tank, in place of the usual gate. 

 The other end is provided with an arrange- 

 ment similar to the covers on syrup-pitchers, 

 for cutting oft" the flow when the desired 

 quantity is turned out, only this arrangement 

 is held so closely together with a spring that 

 it not only cuts off the stream when the tum- 

 bler is full, but holds the honey so there is 



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