HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



A piece of cheesecloth made into a bag about 

 six inches long can be tied to the honey out- 

 let gate of the extractor, and as the honey 

 runs out it is strained of all sediment or dirt, 

 and is in first-class condition for putting into 

 cans, kegs, or vats, as the case may be. Some 

 large beekeepers, like Mr. Alexander of Delan- 

 son, New York, place the extractor on the 

 floor, running a large tin funnel through the 

 floor and permitting the honey as fast as 

 extracted to run through the funnel into a pipe 

 that conveys it to a vat in the room below. 

 At the end of the pipe just over the vat is 

 hung a pail made of wire cloth; the honey is 

 strained through the pail into the vat holding 

 about five thousand pounds, and when one vat 

 is filled, another section of pipe is slipped on 

 and the honey carried to another vat. 



Where the output does not run over five 

 thousand pounds, it is just as well to elevate 

 the extractor, using the cheesecloth, and run 

 the honey into pails from which it can be 

 poured into whatever vessels are to be used to 



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