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room ought also to have a table for work, and large open 
tanks, open barrels, or extractor cans, to hold the honey 
while it ripens. If the building is painted dark, this room 
will be warmer in summer. The warmer it becomes the 
more rapidly the honey thickens, 
A chamber above costs but little, and serves admirably 
as a place for storage. This may be entered by stairs from 
the shop. 
A neat bench and sharp tools, all conveniently placed, 
make the shop a very desirable fixture to every apiary. 
T have spoken of a car and track in large apiaries; such 
an arrangement, which costs but little, is exceedingly desira- 
ble. The tracks run close to the rows of hives, and by 
means of simple switches, the car can be run anywhere in 
the apiary. 
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