probably in most cases through not having a suitable tank for the purpose. 

 Honey, like other commodities, must be put upon the market in its most 

 attractive form if we wish to encourage the flemand for it. 



SIZE OF HONEY-TANKS. 



I prefer tanks not deeper than 20 in., and they should not, even when 

 working on a large scale, exceed 24 in., but with regard to superficial 

 area the only limit. need be the convenience or requirements of the user. 

 Mr. E. W. Alexander (whom it is a pleasure to quote) is using deepei* 

 tanks, but he finds them too deep, and recommends shallower ones. 



For an apiary of, say, two hundred colonies, two such tanks as the 

 double tank illustrated would in most cases answer the purpose. There 

 is a great advantage in dividing the tanks into compartments, so that 

 the honey from each day's extracting may be left undisturbed until it 

 has matured and is ready to run into tins. It is unwise to run two or 

 three days' extracting into the same tank, as the frequent disturbance 

 is against the honey maturing properly. 



ert. 



FlO. 1. DOITBLB HONEY-BIPENING TaNK. 



(Not drawn to scale.) 

 Pig. 1 represents a honey-ripening tank, 6 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 20 in. deep, out- 

 side measurements, capable of holding about 1,250 lb. of honey in each compartment. 

 It should be made of l^in. timber, and lined with good stout tin. 



