Illustrations xxi 



FIG. 



I'AOB 



121. Extractor with Stationary can * 296 



122. Power extracting outfit. (Plioto by Root) ., Facing page 297 



123. Honey strainer. (Redrawn from Root) 298 



124. Honey storage tanks. (Drawn from photograph by Root) . 299 



125. Diagram to show method of spacing bee-way sections. (From 



Demuth) 308 



126. Diagram to show method of spacing plain sections. (From 



Demnth) 308 



127. Comparison of plain and bee-way sections. (From Demuth) . 308 



128. Comparison of tall and square sections of equal capacity. ( From 



Demuth) 309 



129. T-super. (From Demuth) 309 



130. Super for square bee-way sections with section holders. (From 



Demuth) 309 



131. Super for square plain sections with section holders. (From 



Demuth) . . 310 



132. Super for tall plain sections. (From Demuth) . . . 310 



133. Super for tall plain sections in wide frames. (From Demuth) 310 



134. Old type of wide frame for holding sections. (Drawn from 



Miller) 311 



135. Section folder . . . . . . . 312 



136. Diagram showing the arrangement of the supers. (From 



Demuth) 315 



321 

 328 

 335 

 336 



137. Crate holding two 5-gallon honey cans* 



138. Shipping cases for comb-honey * 



139. Double boiler for melting combs 



140. Hot water (Hershiser) wax press 



141 . Diagram showing the response of a colony of bees to changes 



in outer temperature. (From Phillips and Demuth) . . 348 



142. An apiary in winter .... ... 350 



143. Roof of a bee-cellar away from a house .... 353 



144. Arrangement of hives in a cellar. (Drawn from Alexander) 354 



145. Diagram showing the effects of an accumulation of feces. (From 



Phillips and Demuth) 357 



146. Alfalfa ... 373 



147. Basswood . 375 



148. Buckwheat 377 



149. Spider flower (Cleome) 378 



150. Cotton 379 



151. Dandelion 380 



