AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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ducries a|id Replies. 



Tank for Sloriiii Extractei Honey. 



Query 822.— 1. What is the best 

 kind of a honey-tank for storing and 

 ripening extracted-honey ? 2. Will a 

 wooden tank do ? 3. If so, what kind 

 of wood is best ? — Wisconsin. 



1. Tin. — Dadant & Son. 



1. Cypress wood. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. I have always used tin. — Mrs. J. 

 N. Heater. 



1. I should say metal — probably tin — 

 every time. — Eugene Secor. 



1. I prefer a shallow tin tank. 2. I 

 think wood would answer. — A. J. Cook. 



Some kind of metal not easily affected 

 by the acid in the honey. — C. C. Mii^ler. 



I would say I do not know, to all these 

 questions. — J. M. Hambaug-h. 



1. I prefer stone jars. 2. A wooden 

 tank will do. 3. Oak, as. I think. — M. 

 Mahin. 



1. One made of tin. 2. Yes. 3. Such 

 kind as will not flavor the honey ; as 

 pine is liable to do. — A. B. Mason. 



1. I do not know. 2. I should think 

 that a hard- wood tank would be as good 

 as any. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I have had but little experience in 

 ripening honey. I prefer to let the bees 

 do it. I use tin, with good results. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



Metal ; tin, probably, is as good as 

 anything. Large stone jars are also 

 good. I would not recommend wood. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Any kind of wood will do for a tank 

 for storing honey, if it is coated with 

 paraffine or beeswax. If possible, ripen 

 your honey in the hive. — P. H. Elwood. 



1. I use tin cans. 2. Yes, if you can 

 keep it from leaking. 3. White ash is 

 the only kind here that will not leak. — 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



Wood does well enough for shipping 

 in, but I should not want a wooden tank 

 to be used repeatedly for storing. I pre- 

 fer heavy tin ianks. — R. L. Taylor. 



I do not know. I wish I did ; that is, 

 I wish I knew how to ripen this ex- 



tracted honey, so as to make a first-class 

 article of it. I am in hopes that some 

 one will tell. — E. France. 



Tin is much to be preferred to wood 

 for storing honey. If I used wood, I 

 would want to coat it well with paraffine, 

 using it hot, so that the pores of the 

 wood would bo filled with it. — James A. 

 Green. 



1. I do not know. 2. I should think 

 that a wooden tank, properly made, 

 would do. 3. I would use wood that 

 would not taint the honey, such as bass- 

 wood, cypress or cedar. — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



One-gallon stone crocks, piled up with 

 sticks between, so that air can freely 

 circulate over the top of every jar of 

 honey. I used -AOO crocks that way for 

 several years, about 15 years ago, and 

 wrote up the results at the time. — James 

 Heddon. 



1. Much depends ; but do not use one 

 lined with galvanized-iron. Large earth- 

 en crocks are as good as anything. 2. 

 Yes, if made perfectly tight. 3. Any 

 close-grained wood will answer the pur- 

 pose well. — J. E. Pond. 



Why extract unripened honey ? My 

 belief is that the bees can ripen honey 

 cheaper and bettor than we can, so that 

 the best kind of storing-vessel is some- 

 thing to ship the honey to market in. 

 The extracting of unripe honey has done 

 great damage to our pursuit. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



I use three large tpnks, two of wood 

 (white oak), heavily waxed, and one of 

 heavy tin that holds 1,000 pounds. I 

 like the tin tank the best; it is more 

 easily cleaned, and keeps sweet and 

 smooth. I don't want anything to 

 " ripen honey in." My bees finish up 

 all my honey to perfection before it Is 

 extracted. 1. I think tin is best. 2. 

 Wood will do, if kept well waxed. 3. 

 White oak or cypress. — G. W. Demaree. 



Honey should be ripened in the hive 

 before being extracted. It may be 

 stored in stone jars, in tin tanks, or in 

 wood barrels, care being taken not to 

 have wood which would taint the honey. 

 Zinc or galvanized iron must not be used 

 for storing honey, under any circum- 

 stances. See page IS-Jt. — Editors. 



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