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MONEY IN BEES IN AUSTKALASIA 



turning of the machine less laborious. A high lift is also 

 obviated when emptying buckets of honey into the tanks. 

 The method of "anchoring" the extractor will receive 

 further attention under that head. 



The windows require screening with fly wire or wire 

 gauze, and should also be provided with two cones or 

 bee-escapes, to enable the insects to leave the honey-house. 

 The bees confined inside immediately fl}^ to, and crawl up 

 the wire covered windows, hence the necessity of placing 

 the escapes at the top of the apertures. There is a 

 specially manufactured article called a bee-escape 

 (Fig. 10) that permits egress but prevents ingress. The 



Fig. 10. Porter Bee-escape. 



cost is a few pence only, but it saves pounds worth of 

 trouble. Do not forget a water tank. The author knows 

 of no nicer floor for a honey-house than a concrete one ; 

 it is so easily washed, and kept clean, and there is no 

 risk in leaving the lighted smoker on the floor unattended. 

 For an apiary of 50 colonies or lesser number, the honey- 

 house will not require to be a very expensive one. The 

 question of economy should be considered ; at the same 

 time it is foolish to work without a certain amount of 

 convenience, for the apiarist is not handing out justice 

 to himself. 



WOODEN HONEY-HOUSE FOR SMALL APIARY. 



Figs. 7 and 8 depict a method that permits a 

 medium honey-crop — say up to 12 tons — to be handled 

 with convenience and despatch. It will be noted that a 

 portion of the side wall has been removed to show the 

 construction of tiie building. The average bee-keeper 

 will find no great diiticulty in erecting a frame work and 



