AUGUST 1, 1912 



California Association, I want to say that I 

 am sorry, for that i? not the feeling I have. 

 Far from that, I realize that every help 

 should be given these different associations, 

 and I realize the fact that they are doing a 

 good work. 



But you must not forget that I am sei'v- 

 ing the National Association ; and as such 

 servant I must advance its interests and 

 that of its members Avherever possible. 

 Proper organization means a branch in 

 every State ; and if a State association said, 

 "We won't join the National," you would 

 hardly expect me to lie down and say, "It's 

 no use trying to do a thing in that State." 

 We must protect our members there the 

 same as you do yours. 



You are right in believing it is easier to 

 sit at a desk in Detroit and tell how this 

 work of organization is to be done than it 

 is to do it. My twelve years' work along 

 organization lines, from a local solicitor to 

 general field manager for a farmers' organ- 

 ization now numbering 70,000, proves tliis. 

 But, friend Chadwick, it can be done; and 

 the fact that many think it can not makes 

 the work that much more interesting. 



After all, I believe we are together in our 

 desires, even should we differ in the meth- 

 ods. Both you and I would like to see your 

 State association prosper. Both of us 

 would like to see the National jjrosper. 

 And I believe we both agree that, if the 

 California State and National could be 

 pulling together in double harness, neither 

 taking from the other but rather adding to, 

 a great deal more good would come of it 

 than for either or both to travel alone. 

 Then why can't they? 



Detroit, Mich. E. B. Tyrrell. 



BULK - COMB - HONEY- PRODUCTION POSSIBLE 

 FOR NORTHERN BEEKEEPERS 



BY J. J. WILDER 



I have enough tangling and knotty prob- 

 lems to solve in beekeej^ing in my own part 

 of the country without soaring away to the 

 North, and there trying to help the bee- 

 keepers over their rough places; but allow 

 me to offer a few suggestions that might 

 make bulk-comb-honey production possible 

 in the North as well as here. 



The greatest fear seems to be that honey 

 thus packed would soon granulate, or can- 

 dy, and that there would be no demand for 

 it in tliis condition. This would certainly 

 be the case, for it is true that in the South 

 we have no market for such an article, and 

 perhaps never shall have. Such honey must 

 keep in a liquid state until it is sold and 



consumed — that is, the extracted honey 

 which is poured in around the comb honey 

 to fill the package and make it uniform in 

 weight. Now, if this extracted honey 

 would retain its liquid state the chunks of 

 comb honey packed in it would not granu- 

 late or candy; and all the contents of the 

 package would remain liquid and transpar- 

 ent. It would be, in fact, a very attractive 

 package, bringing the highest possible price 

 in any honey market. 



Now, it would take a fancy article of ex- 

 tracted honey (and of a good mild flavor 

 too) to pack up the light comb honey of 

 the North as bulk comb honey, else it would 

 spoil it ; and I am not familiar enough with 

 the honeys of the North to know whether 

 there is such an article of extracted honey 

 produced there that would not candy or 

 granulate. If not, tliis would be another 

 great obstacle in the way ; but this could be 

 averted by obtaining it from other beekeep- 

 ers in other sections of the United States. 

 It could be bought at the prevailing prices 

 of extracted honey, transportation charges 

 paid, and packed with comb honey would 

 bring on the market the prevailing prices 

 of comb honey, which would net the buyer 

 a good profit after these expenses. If it 

 were desired to pack up an oif grade of 

 comb honey into bulk comb honey in cans 

 and pails, an off grade of suitable extracted 

 honey could be obtained for this purpose, 



The question might be asked, "Could a 

 sutficient amount of suitable extracted hon- 

 ey be obtained for this purpose?" 



I wnll answer yes. If the comb honey is 

 packed properly in the proper size of jars 

 it Avould not take much extracted honey to 

 pack up a lot of comb honey. I have tried 

 all sizes and kinds of vessels for packing 

 bulk comb honey in for a number of years ; 

 and I have found the pint or 24-oz. Mason 

 fruit-jars of the flint variety the best all- 

 around package for packing u}) fancy hon- 

 ey in this manner. These jars are just as 

 high as a comb of honey cut from a regular 

 shallow extracting-frame is wide; and all 

 that is necessary is to cut it across the 

 proper width, which should be nearly as 

 wide as the mouth of the jar; -and when 

 two of the pieces thus cut are placed in 

 properly there is not much room for the ex- 

 tracted honey, and therefore a small 

 amount of honey would go a long way. 

 And it could be packed in cans and pails of 

 a suitable height, in a similar manner. 



But coming closer to the supply of suit- 

 able extracted honey, and how to obtain it^ 

 in our gi-eat Southeast there are many bee- 

 keepers located in the tupelo-gum regions 

 who make a specialty of producing extract- 



