116 HOW TO KEEP BEES 



and the more perfectly it is ripened, the less liable 

 it is to granulate. Extracted honey will candy 

 much sooner than honey left in the comb. We have 

 kept comb-honey more than a year without crystals 

 appearing in it. The only way to prevent comb- 

 honey from candying is to keep it in a temperature 

 that does not fall below 60 degrees. After honey 

 is candied in the comb, nothing can be done with 

 it except to sell it at a lower price, or keep it to feed 

 back to the bees. The latter is probably the most 

 profitable way to dispose of it. Some people like 

 comb-honey after it is granulated and the home- 

 table may use a certain amount of it. 



MAXIMS FOR PRODUCING COMB-HONEY 



Keep the colonies strong. 



The bees should be kept warm and well fed in the 

 spring. 



The bees must have wintered well. 



The colony must have brood and plenty of honey in 

 the brood-chambers at the beginning of the honey 

 season. 



Never let the honey in sections or supers be 

 exposed in the apiary to incite robbery. 



Keep the sections in a room in w^hich the tem- 

 perature never falls below 60°. 



Fumigate the sections before they are stored if 

 you are troubled with bee-moth. 



Send the honey to market in as attractive form 

 as possible. Make your product individual in ap- 

 pearance, and strive to create for it a special market. 



