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in the extracting room. If comb-honey is kept in the desig- 

 nated room late in the season, it may be desirable to warm 

 that room. Of course a large stove in the shop might be 

 made to heat any or all of the rooms. I would have the 

 comb-honey room very tight, and ventilated by an easily 

 regulated slide into the chimney for the purpose of easy fumi- 

 gation. Platforms a little out from the wall oh which the honey 

 may rest for a time are desirable, as the honey will not be so 

 fine if immediately crated for market. 



The extractor room should have close, moth proof cupboards 

 for receiving brood combs. Those in our house are high' 

 enough for three rows of frames, and wide enough to just re-J 

 ceive the top-bar of a frame cross-wise. Cleats nailed on to 

 the inside hold the frames, which are turned diagonally a little 

 to pass them to the lower tier. This room ought also to have 

 a table for work, and large open tanks, open barrels, or ex- 

 tractor cans, to hold the honey while it ripens. If the build- 

 ing 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 (Fig. 166, 6), and sharp tools, all convenient- 

 ly placed, make the shop a very desirable fixture to every 

 apiary. <.. 



I have spoken of a car and track in large apiaries ; such an 

 arrangement, which costs but little, is exceedingly desirable, i 

 The tracks run close to the rows of hives, and lay means of 

 simple switches, the car can be run anywhere in the apiary, ^' 



