EXTRACTED HONEY 



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of ^ H.P. is the deterininating factor iu the popularity 

 of tliis source of i)ower. 



Iu placing coml)s in the exti'actor the top-bar of the 

 frame should be next to the hinge of the baskets. Some 

 of the early machines were rather troublesome on account 

 of the periphery of the reel running too close to the sides 

 of the tank, so that when extracting very dense 



Power Kxtractoi'. 



honey the reel would "boggle" against the thick cords 

 on tiie can. Some of the honey gathered from the 

 Eucalypts is so dense that it stands out on the sides of 

 the tank in ropes — perhaps an inch in thickness — which 

 take a consideral,)le time to reach the bottom. 



All lioney-extractors — hand or power — require to be 

 very tirmly l)olted down. If the honey-tanks are on a 

 lower levei and the gate of the extractor is over a hole 

 in the floor, there will be no difficulty. When all the work 

 is performed on one level, a "well" or "box" must be 

 under the gate to accommodate the bucket for drawing 

 off the honey. The small two-frame extractors may he 

 securely fastened to a solid block of wood sunk into the 



