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season, will nearly take the place of one man, and at much less 
cost. The labor item is the heaviest expense with most lines of 
productive enterprise, and any machine that will reduce this 
expense will add materially to the net profit at the end of the 
season. 
The same power can be made to serve for many other pur- 
poses, such as pumping water, running the washing machine, 
cream separator or other small machinery. The gasoline engine 
is generally regarded as a necessity in the apiary, unless it be 
within reach of electric power. 
Honey Pump.—The honey pump is a comparatively new 
invention and has not, as yet, come into general use. Whether 
its use will be advisable will depend a good deal upon the con- 
struction of the honey house. (See Honey House.) If the 
storage tanks are on a level with the extractor or above it, the 
honey pump will be a time saver in the large plant. In the past 
these new machines, like most new inventions, gave more or less 
trouble in their operation. The machines are now perfected to 
the point where they are run with good results. The pump is 
attached directly to the extractor, and run by a belt attached 
to the reel of that machine. The same power runs both and the 
honey is pumped into the storage tank as fast as extracted. This 
not only saves the labor of handling the pails of honey as drawn 
from the extractor but relieves the care of watching for fear the 
pail will be neglected a moment too long, and the honey run over 
and be wasted. The extractor can also be fastened directly to the 
floor, instead of upon a platform, as is necessary where pro- 
vision must be made for a container under the honey gate of the 
machine. 
Storage Tanks.—Tanks of sufficient capacity to hold the 
season’s crop should be provided, for it is not always advisable, 
even if there is time, to get a part of the honey to market during 
the season. Many bee-keepers provide a sufficient tank capacity 
to hold the output of three or four days’ extracting, and have 
on hand a large number of sixty-pound cans in which to store 
