COMB HONEY. 



V2H 



COMB HONEY. 



Ill loading honey, always place the combs 

 so that they will be jtarallel with the rail; 

 and when on a wagon, parallel with the 

 axletree. 



31 ARRETING COMB HONEl. 



There is iKithiiig- that can make a bee-keeper feel 

 better than clean cash for his surplus honey at the 

 end of the season.— ^(tawi Grimm, page 86, Vol. 1., 



— Gl^EANlNQS IN BKE CO I.TURK. 



Every thing, nowadays, depends on having 

 goods neat, clean, and in an attractive 

 shape, to have 

 them "go olf " 

 readily; even 

 onr hoes have to 

 be gilt-edged, for 

 we noticed some 

 once at a certain 

 hardware store, 

 and it seemed 

 that those thai 

 were gilt, or 

 bronzed, per 

 haps, were sell- 

 ing far in ad- 

 vance of the 

 plain steel ones. 

 We've been told 

 of gilt-edged 



butter that sold for fabulous prices, but we 

 hardly think it will be advisable to have our 

 honey put up in that way, although we do 

 wish it to look as well as any of the other 

 products of the farm. 



In order to get a fair price for your honey, 

 > on should watch the markets. To obtain 

 this information, you should take one or 

 more bee-journals. Through the medium 

 of these you will learn whether the honey 

 crop is going to be small or large. This you 

 can not tell definitely from your own locali- 

 ty. If you have secured a good crop of hon- 

 ey, and you learn that the crop throughout 

 the country is small, you must not be in 

 haste to dispose of yours to the first buyer. 

 In any case you must exercise judgment. 



SlliPPIXG-CASn; UiSSJiCTKL) WITH ALL THE PARTS 0PE2SED UP. 



HOW TO MAKE HONEY SELL IN THE LOCAL 

 MARKETS. 



Supply your grocer with a lot of your choic- 

 est extracted, in tumblers and bottles ; and 

 also best comb in shipping-cases. Some of it 

 should be set off in paper cartons, and some 

 of it should be glassed. When customers 

 come in, have in readiness strips of paper 

 about li by 2 or 3 inches. Dip one of these 

 pieces of paper, curled in the shape of a 

 trough, into the extracted. Twirl it around 

 till all the drip is off, and pass it quickly to 

 your customer, that he may sample. If he 

 would like another taste, hand him another 

 slip of paper, which he is to fold as nearly as 

 possible in the form of a spoon. If the honey 

 is ripe— that is, good and thick— your taster 



will want some. 

 There is one 

 thing that is 

 very impor- 

 tant. You want 

 something to 

 draw a crowd. 

 Prepare a nu- 

 cleus m a glass 

 hive, and put 

 it up near the 

 window where 

 the crowd can 



C'OKRUGATED-FAPEK SHIPPING-CASE IN THE FLAT. 



