HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



printed label with a half-tone cut of the 

 apiary and a statement of the purity of the 

 honey will make for it a very ready sale. 

 These jars can be procured from the manufac- 

 turers, and as they come in reshipping cases 

 holding two dozen, each can be shipped very 

 handily when filled. 



By the time you are ready to bottle your 

 honey it will in all probability be granulated, 

 which in itself is a test of its purity; and to 

 return it to its liquid state it will be necessary 

 to heat it to about one hundred and fifty 

 degrees and hold it there for about three hours ; 

 but do not under any circumstances heat it 

 above one hundred and sixty degrees, or you 

 will spoil its delicate aroma and reduce its 

 value. A large tin boiler or galvanized square 

 can can be made at slight cost; it should be 

 eighteen inches deep, and in this boiler over 

 a gasolene or cook stove, with a block of 

 wood underneath each can of honey, one or 

 two of the sixty-pound cans can be placed, 

 with their caps removed, and the boiler filled 



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