Honey Extractor. 



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it ■will be neater and more easily kept sweet and clean. The 

 can should be stationary, so that only a light frame (Fig. 90) 

 shall revolve with the comb. In some of the extractors (Fig. 

 90) the walls of this frame incline. This keeps the frames 

 from falling in when the machine is at rest, but varies the 

 centrifugal force at the top and bottom of the comb, which is 

 urged as an objection. Of course this difference in force is 

 very slight. 



It is desirable that the machine should run with gearing, 

 not only for ease, but also to insure or allow an even motion, 

 so that we need not throw even drone larvse from the brood- 

 cells, while in the act of extracting. In some machines the 

 crank runs in a horizontal plane (Fig. 89) , in others in a ver- 

 tical plane(Fig. 91). Both styles have their friends. Ithink 

 there is little choice between them. The arrangement for 

 exit of the honey should permit a speedy and perfect shut-off. 

 A molasses gate is excellent to serve for a faucet. I also pre- 

 fer that the can should hold 30 or 40 pounds of honey before 

 it would be necessary to let the honey flow from it. 



In case of small frames, like the ones I have described as 

 most desirable to my mind, I should prefer that the comb bas- 

 ket might hold four frames. The comb basket should be 

 placed so low in the can that no honey will be thrown over- 

 the top to daub the person using the extractor. I think that 



Fig. 92. 



a wii^e attachment with a tin bottom (Fig. 92, a, 6) and made 

 to hook on to the comb basket, which will hold pieces of comb 

 not in frames, is a desirable addition to an extractor. 



The can, if metal, which is lighter and to be preferred to wood, 

 as it does not sour nor absorb the lioney, should be of tin, so 



