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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 
