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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



ganziation as strong as the American 

 Can Company, a full grown and thor- 

 oughly established trust. Where is 

 the consistency V 



THE DEPT. OF AGRICUVrURE OUGHT TO 



GATHER STATISTICS REGARDING 



THE HONEY CROP. 



In regard to a honey crop report, 

 I think we should direct our energy 

 toward the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. I think that if the importance 

 of this matter were fully shown up to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture lie would 

 not hesitate to incorporate a honey 

 report along with the regular crop re- 

 port, as now issued. The bee-keep- 

 ers' association would have to fur- 

 nish liim the names of intelligent bee- 

 keepers throughout the country who 

 would be willing to report regularly 

 each month. No doubt they would 

 be expected to report on all agricul- 

 tural crops at the same time. This 

 would be very little additional ex- 

 pense to the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, compared to what it would cost 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 to gather it and print it for distribu- 

 tion, as the cost of postage alone 

 would be a large item to the latter. 



Bluft'ton, Mo.. Dec. 7, 1903. 



DVANTAGES OF PRODUC- 

 ING BUr.K COMB HONEY. 

 BY HOMER H. HYDE. 



A few years ago bulk comb honey 

 was practically unknown, but today' 

 there is scarcely a bee-keeper in the 

 Ignited States who has not heard of 

 it and how it is produced; and it is 

 now the principal product of the S. 

 W. Texas bee-keepers. Its production 

 is rapidly gaining ground, not only all 

 over Texas, but is gaining a footing 

 in Nebraska, Colorado and Utah. The 

 demand for this article is rapidly 



growing, keeping far ahead of its pro- 

 duction, and to this fact bee-keepers 

 are rapidly "catching on." There are 

 many reasons why it is gaining a hold 

 with both the consumer and the pro- 

 ducer; especially the former. 



THE PURCHASER GETS PURE HONEY, 



FVt,L, WEIGHT, A I,OW PRICE, AND 



HAS A USEFUIv PACKAGE I^EFT. 



When the consumer buys a can of 

 bulk comb honey he feels sure that lie 

 is getting a pure sweet, just as the 

 bees made it, that he is getting full 

 weight, and he knows he has bought 

 it at a less price per pound than he 

 could have bought section honey. 

 Tlien lie has his honey in a nice buck- 

 et where the honey cannot break or 

 lose out wlien cut into, and when he 

 lias eaten out the honey he has a 

 useful pail left. These are some of 

 the reasons why the consumer prefers 

 bulk comb honey to section honey. I 

 am talking of the majority of the peo- 

 ple; of course, there are the wealthy 

 who will always buy a limited quan- 

 tity of section honey because it is 

 high in price and has a fancy look. 



FIXTURES AND METHODS USED IN PRO- 

 DUCING BULK COMB HONEY. 



Bulk comb is produced in either 

 full bodies, or sliallow Ideal supers. 

 If the former are used it is liardly 

 practicable to fasten in full sheets of 

 foundation, as the frames cannot be 

 wired, because we expect to cut the 

 honey out, but with the Ideal frames 

 we can use full sheets if we so prefer. 

 Idfal supers and frames are preferred 

 generally, because they are not so 

 large, are not so heavy to handle, are 

 nearer the right amount of room to 

 give a colony at one time, and they 

 can be freed of bees much (piicker 

 than can full bodies. To free them of 

 bees we simply smoke down between 

 th(^ frjiines well, pry the super loose, 

 and "jounce" it, when it will be found 



