WOEKING EQUIPMENT 



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The disposition of the engine and extractors is 

 apparent from the diagram. The engine is either of the 

 oil or steam type, and the method of transmitting the 

 power from the engine to the extractors is explained 

 under the head of Power Extractors. 



Mr. Holterman, an extensive Canadian bee-keeper, 

 operates a tramline in the apiary, and speaks highly of 

 its efficiency. The plan of honey -house as given at Fig. 9, 

 formed the basis of a design for the honey-house of 

 Messrs. Adamson and Phillips, extensive and enterprising 

 apiarists of Tamworth, New South Wales. This is 

 sufficient to show the practical nature of the drawings. 

 The designs here given secured first prizes in the 

 competitions conducted by the Australasian Bee-keeper, 

 the only bee-journal published in the Commonwealth. 



WORKING EQUIPMENT. 



BEE-VEILS. 



The bare walls and 

 water tank will not do 

 much of the extracting ; 

 other tools are required 

 to assist us. However, 

 we will defer a descrip- 

 tion of the extracting gear 

 until there is occasion to 

 use it. 



Almost the first things 

 required are veil and 

 smoker. The veil (Fig. 11) 

 is simply made. About 

 a yard of black brussels 

 net with a hem turned 

 on both edges. This 

 allows a tape to be drawn through the top, the bottom 

 hem prevents fraying. Black permits better vision than 



