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Fig 17 represents the ground plan of the first Govern- 

 ment Apiary building erected at the Ruakura experi- 

 mental farm, which only consisted of the extracting 

 and store rooms; in all, 36 ft. long by 14 ft. wide. 

 Subsequently a lean-to the full length of the house was 

 added, 12 ft. in width. 10 ft. was partitioned off 

 for a comb room, and the remaining 16 ft. serves as 



Fig. 17. GROUND PLAN OF EXTRACTING HOUSE AND 



HONEY STORE ROOM. 



a workshop and hive store room combined. Referring 

 to Fig. 17, No. I is the uncapping can; 2, the honey 

 extractor on the platform ; 3, the honey strainer; 4 4, 4 4, 

 two double honey maturing tanks ; 5, a 56-lb. honey tin 

 under the tap of the tank. 



The platform on which the extractor is worked is, as 

 shown, 6 ft. long by 4 ft. wide, and rises 4 ft. 9 in. 

 from the floor. This allows height enough for the 

 honey to run into the strainer over the honey tank, and 

 to fill bulk honey tins direct' from the taps. The extract- 

 ing room is 16 ft. long, which affords space for a 4-foot 

 double honey tank on each side of the platform and to 

 get partly round them. 



