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drawn off from the bottom of the tank, through a tap or honey- 

 gate. To obtain the honey in the best possible condition, it is 

 desirable that both these processes — the straining and the 

 settling in the tank — should be gone through. 



The most convenient form of fitting up the extracting house 

 has been a subject of many inquiries and much thought amongst 

 bee-keepers ; but of all the plans I have seen suggested, that 

 of Mr. T. J. Mulvany, in the New Zealand and Australian Bee 

 Journal of October, 1884, is the most simple, least expensive, 

 and best. The idea of the double tank is an excellent one. I 

 have adopted it myself, and find it most convenient. The 

 following description is in nearly his own words. 



ARRANGEMENT OF EXTRACTING-HOUSE. 



Much may be done to save time and labour by a proper 

 arrangement of the extractor, strainer, and tanks in the extract- 



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Fig. 72.— CROSS-SECTION OF EXTRACTING HOUSE WITH VIEW OF 

 EXTRACTOR. STRAINER, AND TANKS. 



ing house. The two sketches, Figures 72 and 73, show, in 

 elevation and in plan, the arrangement above referred to, by 



