FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



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PBABODY EXTRACTOR. 



In that same year, 1870, I got a honey-extractor. With 

 much interest I made my first attempt at extracting, the su- 

 preme moment of interest coming when after having given per- 

 haps 200 revolutions to the extractor I looked beneath to see 

 how much honey had run into the pan below. Very vividly, 

 1 remember my keen chagrin and disappointment when I found 

 that not a drop of honey had fallen. The machine was one of 



Fig. 6 — Heddon Slat Honey-hoard. 



the first put on the market, a Peabody extractor (Fig. 2), the 

 entire can revolving, and it had not occurred to me that the 

 same force that threw the honey out of the comb would keep 

 it against the outer wall of the can so long as it kept in motion. 

 When the can stopped revolving, a fair stream of honey ran 

 down into the pan, and I resimied my normal manner of breath- 

 ing. 



TOO RAPID INCREASE. 



I begcin the teapon of 1870 with eight colonies, increased 

 to 19, and extracted about 400 pounds of honey. This warmed 



