1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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1. No; I never do it, and have no trouble. 'Z. I 

 fasten one at the top, leaving- about one-eighth 

 space at the sides and one-fourth to three-eighths 

 space at the boitom. James Heddon. 



1. Bees will sometimes work on one side of a 

 piece of foundation and t'url it badly, fastening the 

 end to the separator if there is one, and bulging it 

 into the next space if there is not. If I am right, 

 this sort of business is seldom done except by a 

 very weak colony, or when honey comes in very 

 slowly. From the conditions of the case, not many 

 sections will be damaged in this particular way; 

 and 1 would not advise much extra work to prevent 

 it. If a remedy is really needed, the one given by 

 Oliver Foster— Gi-ea>'ings, 1.S8S, page 4-i, seems to 

 be the correct one. 2. Fastening top and one side 

 leaves one corner free to be curled around. Try a 

 few fastened at top and bottom, and make sure 

 that you can make that style work satisfactorily; 

 then, if you think it pays, put them all in that way 

 next year. E. E. Hasty. 



I am a little surprised, friends, to see so 

 many insist that fastening at tlie top is suf- 

 ficient. I suppose that, in answering this 

 question, reversing sections has been ruled 

 out. If they are to be reversed, I would 

 most assuredly want to fasten both top and 

 bottom, or two sides. See Doolittle's arti- 

 cle, page 249, last issue. 



Question No. ^"7 .—I have a good mni-krt,hnt}i for 

 comh and extracted honey. The latter brings about 

 tivo-thirds the price of the former. Which wnnhl you 

 advise me to do— produce comb or extractid )tniiiy,or 

 hotM Is it an advantage to make a specialt-y of cither 

 one? How is it with you? Do you produce one or 

 the other, or botli? 



1. Both. 2. No. 3. Both, but mostly extracted. 

 Dr. a. B. Mason. 

 Produce extracted. We think it pays better. 



Dadant & Son. 

 Both, if your market demands it. I produce 

 principally comb honey— some seasons, entirely so. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 It is of advantage to produce that which you can 

 sell best. If you can sell both readily, produce 

 both. Chas. F. Muth. 



In your case it would be about "which and 

 t'other." It is an advantage in our locality, usually, 

 to make a specialty of one kind. 



W. Z. Hutchinson. 



At those prices 1 would produce extracted honey 

 exclusively. On the whole there is not usually 

 much advantage in making a specialty of either. 

 We produce both. P. H. Elwood. 



If the extracted sold as readily as the comb at -:) 

 the price, I would produce that. The trouble here 

 is, that it is hard work to get rid of extracted honey 

 at even a low price. G. M. Doolittle. 



I should prefer to raise extracted honey, but 

 would raise as much comb honey as my home mar- 

 ket would use. We work all our out-apiaries for 

 extracted honey. We get twice as much extracted 

 honey per colony as for comb. E. France. 



You could judge best. If you know how, it will 

 pay best to work for comb honey. In general I 

 think it pays best to work for both, and I think the 

 average bee-keeper will earn more working for ex- 



tracted honey. I formerly succeeded best in pro- 

 ducing extracted, but now I prefer comb. 



A. J. Cook. 

 During the past seventeen years I have managed 

 my bees in each of the ways named. If I had a 

 good market for both I would produce both. For 

 many reasons I prefer extracting. If either is to be 

 pracliced exclusively. L. C. Root. 



I don't think 1 know enough yet to answer this 

 question. It is rather a question to be auswered by 

 each man for himself. I raise no extracted honey 

 except some for my own table and some of my 

 friends; but it is possible that, if I knew enough, I 

 might raise both extracted and comb profitably. 



C. C. Mll-LEU. 



You will very likely do best with extracted honey; 

 but no one but yourself can demonstrate it to a 

 certainty. I produce mostly comb honey. The 

 general rule is, extracted, where there is confidence 

 in it, good market, and good price, and comb else- 

 where. It is a good plan to build up a home trade 

 in extracted while producing comb to sell to 

 strangers. E. E. Hasty. 



It is an advantage to make a specialty of one or 

 the other, particularly in any one apiary, if you 

 have more than one. I presume, however, you 

 would do better to produce both, if you depend on 

 a local market for the disposal of your honey. If 

 you conclude to abandon one, the figures you give 

 make it about an even thing as to which one you 

 retain. James Heddon. 



Well, you are lucky ! If the climate is like that of 

 Wisconsin, by all means try first raising extracted 

 honey. You will never be quite satisfied till you 

 have. After you have sutficiently tested it and 

 noted the results in every direction, then make a 

 specialty of comb honey. You will stick to this, 

 and be contented. I could write quite an article on 

 this subject, but you would not be satisfied half as 

 well as though you had followed the above advice. 

 I can raise comb honey cheaper than extracted, 

 and with more satisfaction. Geo. Grimm. 



If you get only one-third more for comb honey 

 and a good market for extracted, I would go entire- 

 ly for extracted honey, as, considering the extra 

 expenses of material, trouble of crating, risk in 

 shipping, etc., extracted honey will pay as well it 

 not better, with less trouble. —This depends on 

 one's market, as, if I have better sale for extracted, 

 I would certainly make a specialty of it, etc. I 

 have no market for comb honey, unless I ship very 

 far; hence I work only for extracted, although I 

 always make a few hundred pounds of comb honey 

 for my own use and for friends. 



Paul L. Viali.on. 



The above answers seem to indicate that 

 the notions or feelings of the apiarist have 

 considerable to do in this matter. George 

 Grimm suggests that we try bt)th ways be- 

 fore giving an opinion. With the modern 

 improvements and facilities in the way of 

 producing comb honey, it seems to me I 

 should prefer it, even if the other did pay a 

 little better. A woman might handle ex- 

 tracted honey, and not make a dauby mess 

 of it ; but I am afraid the average man 

 never will, unless he has his wife, or em- 

 ploys women who are expert housekeepers, 

 to attend to it. 



