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honey and clean the kni{e on, and let 

 the cappins^^s droj) inside. Have a strain- 

 er made of tinned wire-cloth, 12 meshes 

 to the inch, soldered to a circular tin rim 

 with sloping sides, and a little larger than 

 the top of a can. Place this, convex side 

 up, on a can of cappings, and invert all 

 on another can. After the cappings are 

 well drained, put them through a solar 

 wax-extractor, even if it is necessary to 

 wait for warm weather in the spring. 



In warm weallier, the bits of comb, 

 and other foreign matter that will always 

 get into honey whiie extracting, will 

 soon rise to the top, and may be skim- 

 med off. In cool weather, however, they 

 must be strained out, and the honey 

 must be heated in order to do it quickly. 

 A good and simple plan is to put it in 

 5-gallon, screw-cap, tin cans and heat it 

 slowly to a temperature of 120° to 115°. 

 .\ piece of iron or a stone one inch thick 

 placed under one side of the can will 

 prevent danger of burning the honey. 

 Attach a cheese-cloth sack, about 5x12 

 inches in size, to a sliding honey gate, 

 screw the gate on the can, tip it on one 

 side, and draw the honey through the 

 sack into any convenient receptacle. A 

 hole made in the top of the can with an 

 awl, or some other sharp pointed tool, 

 will give vent and the honey will run 

 more freely. The hole can be stopped 

 when necessary with solder or wax. It 

 saves watching, and some danger of hav- 

 ing a muss to clean up, by having the ex- 

 tractor on a bench high enough so a can 

 on platform scales can be set under the 

 honey-gat''. A tin funnel, unusually large 

 at both ends, is often a very handy im- 

 plement. Get a daisy thermometer for 

 25 cents, to test temperature w'th, and be 

 very careful not to let the honev get too 

 hot. That will injure the color and fla- 

 vor, and melt tlie wax in it, which will 

 adhere to the inside of the can, or spoil 

 the strainer. 



Don't use galvanized iron for any pur- 

 pose where honey will come in contact 

 with it. The acid in honey effects the 

 plating. I once had an extractor can 



made of it, and if a small quantity of hon- 

 ey was left in the can a short time it ac- 

 quired a peculiar, offensive taste and 

 smell. 



From the finer flavored honeys it is bet- 

 ter to exclude the air, but the stronger 

 flavored kinds are improved by exposure 

 to the air in a well ventilated room; care 

 being taken, of course, to exclude dust 

 and insects. If you are troubled by ants, 

 make a bench to keep honey on by lay- 

 2x6 pieces of lumber edgewise on the 

 floor and covering them with boards. 

 Make a chalk-mark one inch wide entire- 

 ly around the middle, lengthwise, of the 

 2x6 pieces, and not an ant can crawl up 

 over it. They can't get a foot-hold. 



For shipping liquid honey, perhaps the 

 square tin cans are best, but for cheap 

 honeys, barrels or half-barrels are cheap- 

 er. 



Produce a good, well-ripened article 

 of extracted hone}-, "get a hustle on," 

 and sell it directly to customers yourself 

 for a fair price. Do this and observe the 

 Golden Rule, and you will find pleasure 

 and profit in the business. 



South Haven, Mich., Feb. 28, 1900. 



PRING PROTECTION THAT 

 IS NOVEIv, CHEAP AND EF- 

 FECTIVE. BY M. P. CADY. 



A noted pugilist being asked 

 for the secret of his success, replied, 

 "When I saw ahead, I hit it." The abil- 

 ity to go straight to the important element 

 of one's business, and then to strike the 

 proper blow, is certainly one of the 

 secrets of success. The bee-keeper is con- 

 fronted with many perplexing problems 

 — location, wintering, spring manage- 

 ment, marketing tlie crop, or perhaps as 

 frequently, the problem of subsistence 

 without substance: of the many ])rorlems 

 the most pertinent, perhaps, at this sea- 

 son of the year, is spring management. 



No matter how plentiful the sources of 

 nectar supply, unless the apiarist has his 



