THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



26d 



a perishable product like comb honey. 



I, too, can remember, 25 years ago: 

 when extracted honey sold for more than 

 it does now, but sold, oh, so ' slowly! It 

 might not have been the higher prices 

 that caused the slower sale at that time, 

 probably it was not, but let the cause be 

 what it may, it enables me to compare 

 slow sales and high prices with quick 

 sales and lower prices. I never could 

 have launched out and established out- 

 apiaries, and produced thousands of 

 pounds of extracted honey, had not there 

 been a change in the demand for honey. 



According to the estimate furnished by 

 Bro. Crane, the consumer is certainly 

 paying all that he can afford for a pound 

 of extracted honey in glass, but it does 

 seem a pity, as though something was 



wrong, when it costs twice as much to 

 put a pound of honey into the consumer's 

 hands as it does to produce the honey. 

 The consumer ought not to pay any 

 more, but the expense of getting it to 

 him ought to be cut some where. I 

 should be glad to hear from those who 

 have succeeded in placing it in the con- 

 sumer's hands at a lower cost. 



I get two cents more for my honey 

 than Mr. Crane allows the producer, but 

 I do it by finding those men who are not 

 only actual consumers, but of that class 

 who are able to buy in large quantities. 

 or else they have special facilities for 

 reaching the consumer. 



This, to me, seems the most hopeful 

 field^getting the producer and con- 

 sumer closer together.— Editor.] 



Removing Combs for Extracting Without 

 Using Bee Escapes. 



GEO. SHIBER. 



IN looking over 

 ithe back 

 numbers of the 

 Review, I no- 

 tice you have 

 printed R. F. 

 Holterman's 

 article from 

 Gleanings, 

 where he criti- 

 cises your prac- 

 tice of removing 

 extracted honey with bee escapes. I 

 have also read with interest your com- 

 ments upon it (page 315, 1909). My 

 first thought is, yes, and my last thought 

 is, what in the world can one want of a 

 bee escape in taking off extracted honey, 

 except, perhaps, in a small way? 

 don't be afraid of robbers. 

 It might be urged that it makes a 

 difference whether we extract as fast as 

 the bees begin capping, or wait until the 



harvest or flow is over. No, I don't think 

 it does. First, we must not be afraid 

 of any of our bees. (Mr. Editor can I 

 have that last sentence in italics?) 



PUTTING A smoker IN GOOD TRIM. 



We don't need to be afraid if we have 

 a good smoker in hand, and in good trim. 

 By good trim, I mean one that has a 

 good bed of red hot coals in the bottom, 

 and well filled with some lasting fuel, 

 such as small pieces of chips from the 

 wood-yard, or other hard wood where we 

 can find it. Apple tree limbs, from trim- 

 mings as large as one's fingers, cut up 

 about two inches long, make excellent 

 fuel. Well now, fill up your smoker with 

 this, and take a handful of grass, roll it 

 into a ball about as large as the inside 

 of the smoker, crowd it down upon the 

 fuel, but don't have it too tight, shut 

 your cover, work the bellows until you 

 have a large volume of white, dense 

 smoke— if you have the bed of coals in 



