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OUTAPIARIES 



objection is that these wet supers may be needed before 

 the crop the following spring, for increase or otherwise, when 

 the dry super may be used with little robbing whereas the wet one 

 may necessitate ceasing operations in a whole apiary. There may 

 also be a chance of honey souring in the wet combs, if any fer- 

 mentation is picscnt. 



Receptacles for the Crop 



S:)uictime-i a mnjor portion of the honey is placed in cans as 

 fast as it comes from the extractoi', though it is evidently only a 

 makeshift way. It is impossible to remove all impurities in so 

 short a time no matter how careful the stramer. But the apiary 

 not permanently' located, where all work is clone with a portable 

 outfit cannot install settling tanks for a single run, neither is it 

 advantageuus to haul the honey home and re-empty it. One 

 prominent A\'isconsin beekeeper, however, has provided himself 

 with a number of large size milk cans. The honey is strained 

 into these at the outapiary and transferred to the settling tank 





Fig. 25. Large settling tanks for storing tioney, previous to drawing into 

 proper receptacles. 



