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venient, though perhaps not artistic, method is to put the 

 comb in a tureen. The frames may be refilled with founda- 

 tion again and again. This is recommended to beekeepers 

 with few colonies as simpler, cheaper and more profitable 

 than comb-honey production. 



Cut comb-honey for market. 



Another style of package has recently been devised by 

 the A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio, which is attractive and 

 promises to have a great future. Small pieces of comb 

 are cut, drained of the honey in the cut cells, wrapped in 

 two thicknesses of waxed paper and finally put in an attrac- 

 tive carton. A number of these cartons are then packed 

 in a box for delivery. The individual cartons are sold in 

 dining cars, restaurants and hotels, naturally at a high 

 price for the amount of honey served. So far the demand 

 for this honey is limited, but beekeepers so situated that 

 they have their winters free to put up and sell such honey 

 may find it profitable. The comparative ease with which 

 honey can be handled in this way suggests the desirability 

 of a larger piece of honey, weighing perhaps a pound, wrapped 

 in the same way. Such honey would ship better, it would 

 all be " fancy" and should bring a high price on the market 

 when a trade is built up. As far as the writer knows, this 

 has not been tried in the United States. 



