The wax product, if each colony give but 

 one pound, worth 20 cents, amounts to 

 $600,000. 



If these figures are substantially correct, 

 then the "best methods" for placing this 

 enormous product upon the market, is a 

 subject of vast importance to honey pro- 

 ducers. Any method that will add one cent 

 per pound to the marketable value is worth 

 to them three-quarters of a million of dol- 

 lars : and any error of management, causing 

 a reduction of one cent per pound if to them 

 a corresponding loss ! We should ascertain 

 what the market demands and then dilli- 

 gently apply ourselves to the work, in order 

 to reap the reward of "well doing," and 

 rejoice in the labor of our bands. 



Honey in the comb is a luxury— a fancy 

 article — and our first care should be to pro- 

 duce it in such a manner as to command a 

 fancy price. It must captivate the eye of 

 the consumer, and tempt him to purchase. 

 To this end does the confectioner assort and 

 classify his product ; for this object, bolts 

 of muslin and rolls of dry goods are adorned 

 with lithographs of luscious fruit; fortius 

 cause fancy boxes and toilet articles are 

 embellished with fancy labels, exhibiting 

 enchanting faces with bewitching smiles ; 

 and to tempt the gentlemen, cigar boxes and 

 tobacco wrappers are gaily decorated with 

 beauty's charm. 



Honey should also be placed upon the 

 market so as to attract and tempt the con- 

 sumer to purchase it. To this end comb- 

 honey should be put up in single-comb sec- 

 tions, all combs being straight and evenly 

 built (which can only be done by the use of 

 separators) and labeled with rhe kind of 

 bloom which produced it, giving the pro- 

 ■ ducer's name and address. It should be put 

 up in uniform crates, and not veneered, i.e. 

 the combs inside should be just as good as 

 those on the exterior of the crate. Small 

 packages sell the most readily, 12 in a crate 

 is usually sufficient, and always the most 

 desirable for the jobbing trade. 



The apiarist should give his personal at- 

 tention to its crating, grading and shipping, 

 so that he may be positive as to the details, 

 should any question, involving these, be 

 raised by the consignee. The inexperienced 

 and careless ones are always adetriment and 

 sometimes ruin the market, for their more 

 caretul and experienced neighbors. They 

 take an inferior grade of honey, put up in 

 irregular and soiled packages to market 

 early, just to get a little money, and sell for 

 any price offered ; and this often settles the 

 price for that locality and season, and the 

 attractive honey is either sacrificed to their 

 carelessness, or shipped to another market. 



If shipped away to market it must not be 

 packed in straw or chaff ; but put in small 

 crates containing a single tier and placed 

 with the top bar downwards, which is the 

 strongest way, and will prevent much break- 

 ing down. Ship by freight tor the express- 

 age will be so high that it will take off all 

 the profits, and is, in nearly all cases, liable 

 to as much damage as when sent by height. 

 See to its packing in the car, wagon or ve- 

 hicle, and place the combs lengthwise to the 

 engine but crosswise to the horses, and tjive 

 direction not to have it unloaded on trucks, 

 but invariably to be unloaded by hand. 



Extracted honey should be capped before 

 extracted so as to be sure that it is ripened, 

 and then put into small kegs made of sugar 

 pine or spruce, and to hold from 100 to 200 

 lbs. to be of ready sale and more easily 

 handled. Keep the honey from the different 

 blossoms separate, it will enhance the price. 



The demand for honey is increasing fully 

 as much as its production. There need be 

 no fear now of overstocking the market. 

 It is being regularly used in various manu- 

 factories in the liquid form, and its demand 

 Is steadily increasing the world over. In 

 the comb it is finding its way to the festive 

 boards of thousands of families where it 

 was in former years, scarcely ever seen. 

 The markets of the world are not only open 

 to it, but the demand is far greater than the 

 present supply. 



This is exceedingly encouraging to the 

 apiarists. We have never doubted the 

 final success of exertions put forth to de- 

 velop the honey markets in the Eastern 

 Hemisphere, but some have done so ; the 

 burden of their cry has long been that 

 " honey is not a staple, and never can be " — 

 "the markets are ov rstocked "— and "we 

 have too many honey producers." But at 

 last, one of the "chiefs" of these "children 

 of fear," has heard "a still small voice," 

 whispering in his ear, that electrifying and 

 consoling word "Success !" Now all the 

 stars of lesser magnitude, that revolve 

 around that luminary, will soon hear the 

 same " whispering angel," and rejoice in the 

 abundant success in store for all honey 

 producers. Thomas G. Newman. 



Chicago, III. 



S. T. Pettit, Ontario.— What is meant 

 by sugar pine V 



Mr. Newman.— A species analogous 

 to Norway pine ; however, the latter 

 will do, or almost any pine, being care- 

 ful to scald thoroughly before putting 

 in honey, that it may not be tainted by 

 a turpentine taste. 



The following essay, bearing upon a 

 similar topic, was then read by the Sec- 

 retary : 



Extracted vs. Comb Honey. 



"Which is the most profitable, extracted 

 or comb honey ?" is the question to be dis- 

 cussed. According to our experience, ex- 

 tracted honey is the most profitable ; for it 

 is beyond the smallest doubt, that bees can 

 give at least twice as much of extracted as 

 of comb honey. Yet, some bee-keepers find 

 extracted honey difficult to sell, and it will 

 be the same as long as their customers will 

 doubt the, purity of extracted honey, and as 

 long as they will refuse to admit that ex- 

 tracted honey is more healthy than comb 

 honey, since the last contains beeswax, 

 which is indigestible. 



Since I became, a bee-keeper I have been 

 struck with the inconvenience of comb 

 honey ; for besides giving less pounds, we 

 have to take into account the amount of. 

 work to prepare the sections, the number of 

 sections which are unsalable from being 

 sealed only in part, or soiled by a few cells 

 containing pollen, or by the depositing of 

 eggs by the queen ; if we add the care of 



