Vol. X 



Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Manfg. Oo. 

 JANUARY, 1900 



No. I 



Comb Honey. 



Its Care and Preparation for the Market. 



BY F. S. EMENS. 



•^ THE time lias just 

 I'.ist, with us, and while 

 It is fresh in our mem- 

 Dries, I thought it would 

 lie a good time to give 

 a few hints on caring for 

 comb honey. Notwith- 

 standing the fact, that 

 the year 1899, ^^ Seneca 

 county, has been rather discouraging to 

 bee-keepers, we have learned to "take 

 our mtdiciue^' with good grace. 



Next to getting plenty of nice comb 

 honey, is the care of it. Too many seem 

 to think that the producing part, is 

 about all there is to any branch of busi- 

 ness. How frequently we find butter, 

 fruits and meats of different kinds taken 

 to market in such poor condition that 

 they do not bring as much within 30 per 

 cent, as goods of a poorer quality, where 

 the producer understands placing his 

 products on the market in attractive 

 style. The producer of honey, above all 

 others, will suffer a severe loss if the pro- 

 duct of his apiar)^, is not put upon the 

 market in neat and attractive packages. 

 My aim has always been to remove my 

 honey from the hives before it is soiled 

 by the bees, and keep it in perfect shape 

 until it is placed upon the market. This 



is by no means an ea.sy task, for from the 

 first honey is liable to accidents, which, if 

 they occur, will reduce the value of No. i 

 honey 20 per cent. Do not employ help 

 that will get their fingers against the 

 nice, white cappings, or get the corner of 

 one section against the face side of the 



FRED S. EMENS. 



comb into another sedlion. By so doing 

 you will avoid paying wages to help for 

 committing an actual damage to your 

 business. 



