1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



489 



From the extractor I run the honey into 

 two large vats. There it is allowed to sub- 

 side thoroughU' for three da\-s, during- 

 which time it undergoes three skimmings. 

 It is then thrown into the extractor, and to 

 the lioney-gate is attached a large muslin 

 bag. After undergoing slow straining it is 

 graduallj' filling the cask below through a 



cally. The use of the infamous pork-bar- 

 rel, and carelessness in extracting, grad- 

 ing, etc., were also responsible for this sad 

 state of affairs. A well-organized bee-keep- 

 ers' association has now been started. It 

 is onlj' three months old, but is alreadj' do- 

 ing excellent work. It has a traveling 

 salesman in England, and the very first 



PART OF APIAKV WITH MR. ALEXANDER AT \VORK. 



funnel, when it is perfectly free of all im- 

 purities, froth, etc. I have found that the 

 average yield here per colony is 119 lbs. I 

 have had colonies yield 210 lbs., but excep- 

 tions do not prove the rule. I manufacture 

 a first-class quality of vinegar from all 

 washings, adopting the method laid down 

 by Mrs. A. J. Barber, in Gleanings for 

 October, 1900, page 763. 



shipment under the new regime realized 285. 

 per cwt. Of course, all our honej' is now 

 carefully graded and branded by the asso- 

 ciation, which is a guarantee of its puritv'. 

 "We hope to realize once more the old price, 

 325. per cwt., if not more. Alreadj' lo.OOO 

 gallons of hone}' and a ton of v\-ax have been 

 shipped through the association. We have 

 two able and energetic men at the head of 



A 20-FKAMK KXPKKIMENTAI, BROOD-CHAMBER, WITH DOUBLE SUPERS ON. 



Two years ago Jamaica honej- sold in the 

 English market at 32s. per cwt., and 2s. Id. 

 per gallon locally. Through the indiffer- 

 ence of the middleman, or dealer, it went 

 down six months ago to the wretched figure 

 of 125. per cwt. abroad, and 65. per cwt. lo- 



afl'airs, Mr. H. C. Burnet, the General 

 Manager, and Mr. C. W. McHard}', the 

 Secretar}-, whose postal address is 145 

 Harbour St., Kingston. The enterprising 

 Elder-Dempster Steamship Co. generouslv- 

 gave our traveling salesman a free trip to 



