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houses small, and depends on storage room elsewhere for his hon- 
ey and combs. His honey-houses differ from Mr. Chapman’s in 
that he puts the honey he uses into a large honey-tank, instead of 
directly into the cans. The houses are built about 12 feet square, 
bee-proof, and about a third of the floor space at the back end is 
let down three feet lower than the main floor. In this lower part 
are located the tank and scales, so arranged that the honey from 
the extractor runs directly into the tank, and from this tank into 
the 60-lb. can resting on the scales. The honey is all extracted 
after the season closes, and is in good condition to can as soon as 
extracted ; but it is left in this large tank over night, then skimmed 
and drawn from the bottom. This makes very clear nice-looking 
honey, and handled this way it is of good quality. While Mr. 
Kirkpatrick is a convert to the better way of canning the honey 
direct from the extractor, he has not changed his outfits yet, but 
probably will do so during the coming season. 
THE HUTCHINSON HONEY-HOUSES 
The Hutchinsons have their outyards near some of the aban- 
doned lumber-camps, so they build over the camp-buildings for a 
honey-house. Usually the camp-buildings are much larger than 
necessary, and partitions are run across to make the bee-proof 
honey-room. Besides the main exracting-room, there is a small 
room of suitable size for heating the honey before extracting. This 
room is lined with paper, to retain the heat from the large oil-stove 
used to heat the honey. The honey is taken off with escape-boards, 
and stored in this room where this oil-stove is lighted the night 
before they intend to extract, with the result that, in the morning, 
the honey is in much better shape than that just from the hive. 
Honey just from the hive, especially on cold mornings, does not 
extract very clean, and requires a long turn of the extractor to 
get it at all. 
A few times I have warmed the honey to be extracted; and 
if things are arranged right, there is no other way that is so satis- 
factory. The honey is just a litlte warmer than that from the hive 
in the hottest weather, which makes it about as thin as water, and 
of course it is thrown out of the combs much easier, and the combs 
are extracted very dry. 
EXTRACTING IN THE OPEN AIR 
At one time I worked ten swarms of bees on shares, for a 
neighbor, and I did the extracting out of doors under a shade-tree. 
Every thing was kept covered up as much as possible to prevent 
