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ished sections on his hands. If there is a long honey flow that 

 can be depended on, it would pay some beekeepers better to pro- 

 duce comb honey. There is always a ready market, or has been 

 for the past few years, for good comb honey. 



We will take the price paid for fancy and iSTo. 1 comb honey in 

 1912 which was fourteen cents a pound delivered in New York 

 City. You must figure your time setting up your sections and 

 putting in your foundation comb; also the cost of your section 

 boxes and foundation, shipping cases and carriers, with freight. 

 You will do well if this does not cost you above four cents a 

 pound. That will leave you ten cents a pound for your comb 

 honey. 



Good extracted honey can be bought at eight cents a pound 

 wholesale and eleven cents retail. Some, I will admit, receive 

 more than this and so did others with their comb honey. Even 

 so, I can produce from one-half to double the amount of extracted 

 honey that I can comb. Since the pure food law went into effect, 

 I sell ten pounds of extracted honey to one of comb — that is to 

 my home trade. And since I sell from two to five tons a year 

 you can see why I made the change. 



Also, we can care for more bees and keep our honey if prop- 

 erly ripened on the hives and properly put up, as long as we 

 want to, but with comb honey, you must get it on the market in 

 time and in first class shape to get the best prices. 



We should supply our home market first ; many beekeepers 

 are losing money every year by not doing so. Do not be afraid 

 to ask any of your neighbors if they want some fine honey. After 

 that they will ask you and even come after it. It is a pity that 

 so many people go without honey because the beekeepers do not 

 advertise their product as do other producers of food products. 

 The farmers are my best customers. They buy in large quanti- 

 ties and pay cash. 



Let us be as neat and clean as possible, asking anyone in to 

 see us extract the honey. Let them sample it, and the old hoax 

 of manufactured honey will soon die out in your locality. 



