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about an inch from the edge. We used a 

 two-burner gasoline stove to melt the 

 cappings. 



When we arrived at the yard in the 

 morning, the first thing we did was to fill 

 the cappings-melter with water and start 

 it to heating, then I fired up my smoker 

 and got ready to take off honey, as that 

 was my job. I used two wheel barrows, 

 so one could be in the honey house while 

 1 was loading up the other; this method 

 saved the time and hard work of lifting 

 the loaded supers off the wheel barrow 

 each trip. I used two, three or four 10- 

 frame supers to a load, just as the oc- 

 casion required. When working in the 

 yard alone, I work on the west side of a 

 colony (the colony facing south,) remove 

 the cover and smoke as many of the 

 bees out of the super as I can without 

 taking too much time, loosen up the 



frames with my right hand and keep the 

 smoker going with the left; when the 

 frames are all loose, I lay down the 

 smoker and put the hive-tool in my 

 pocket so I will know where to find it, 

 then I take a good hold on a Coggshall 

 brush, so I can use my fingers in hand- 

 ling the frames without laying down my 

 brush, and shake the frames in front of 

 the hive, getting most of the bees off, 

 and finish up by brushing. By having 

 extra combs to put back, a hive need be 

 open only a minute or two, according to 

 whether it has one or two supers, as it 

 only takes about one-half of a minute to 

 a super of nine combs. 



One man did the uncapping, one tended 

 the extractor and drew off the honey in 

 cans. The honey was practically all 

 sealed and the three of us handled be- 

 tween 400 amd 500 pounds per hour. 



Disposing of the Honey Crop to 

 The Best Advantage. 



FRED W. MUTH. 



gOUR recent editorial on the above 

 is an old subject, yet, always 

 interesting and ever uppermost 

 in the mind of the honey producer when 

 he has any surplus to sell. 



Concentration of mind on any one sub- 

 ject makes one master of his profession. 



The production and disposition of a 

 crop of honey to the best advantage is 

 an art, in two branches, and I daresay 

 with but few masters. 



The large producers who have studied 

 the wants of the public have solved the 

 problem, and the disposition of their 

 honey crop is the easiest; they always 

 sell to the best advantage by having a 

 good, reliable concern to whom they can 

 ship all their honey and get their money 

 in one lump the very day the shipment 

 arrives, no matter how large or small the 

 shipment may be. This does away with 

 all the worry and annoyance of having to 



peddle out their crop, which takes con- 

 siderable time and energy, and it costs 

 money to travel, which makes the cost of 

 the crop so much higher. 



Honest grading, attractive packages to 

 invite purchases, and, above all, a square 

 deal to the buyer makes him (the pro- 

 ducer) every one wants to buy from; and 

 the buyer is always looking for him. 

 Perhaps you think he doesn't get the top 

 of the marketl Just imitate him and 

 convince yourself. 



Experience backed by facts worth 

 reading: Two brothers-in-law told the 

 writer last fall that their annual honey 

 crop pays the running expenses of their 

 respective farms. They sell their honey 

 crop to the best advantage, raise ex- 

 tracted honey only, and ship it in barrels. 



Another honey producer, who is now in 

 his eighty-odd-years, produced a carload 

 last season. He has good connections 



