306 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 1 



The Production of Fancy Comb Honey. 



HONEY, A STAPLE OR LUXURY. There have always been different opinions on this 

 subject, and the question is not likely to be settled at once. A good many believe, how- 

 ever, that honey is a luxury, and that, as such, it should be put up in the most attractive 

 form. A visitor at Medina recently told us that his entire crop (not a large one, to be 

 sure, but several thousand pounds, we believe) was all easily sold at 18 cts. per pound in 

 one of the large city markets. At the same time, there were hundreds of bee-keepers offer- 

 ing their cx'ops at from 11 to 14 cts. a pound. 



What price do you prefer — the fancy price or the rate the dealer pleases to offer? Has 

 any one ever seen extra fancy honey of good quality begging for a buyer? It is the experi- 

 ence of those bee-keepers who have used the Danzenbaker hive that the results obtained 

 from its use are the following: 



More Honey, Better Honey, and Better Prices. 



The following letter speaks for itself: 



Westholme, B. C, Aug. 20, 1906. 

 I purchased ten Danzenbaker hives from your agents, E. Grainger & Co., Toronto, this 

 season, finding it to my advantage to send there. Your goods are so well known that it is 

 unnecessary for me to remark, but I must compliment you on the material and workman- 

 ship. It is a pleasure to put together such hives. 



It is my first experience with the Danzenkaker hive, and I like it very well. Where 

 much manipulation of frames has to be done, perhaps it is a disadvantage; still, where the 

 frames can be moved in blocks it is not much loss. I had only five hives in use, and have 

 about 240 pounds of fancy white sections, which is very good for this locality, and consider- 

 ing I had to build the colonies up after driving them ovit of old boxes in May. 



Yours truly, Fkancis H. Jones. 



Westholme, B. C, Jan. 28, 1907. 

 I have kept bees off and on for a number of years; but it was the nicest lot of honey I 

 have ever seen, which was owing, in a measure, to the tall 4X5 sections and the hive ar- 

 rangement. I took four first prizes at the principal shows in the Province, two being for 

 section honey and one for the best apiarian display of an educational nature in which a 

 Danzenbaker hive and super fitted up was the principal item. 



Francis H. Jones. 

 You will note from the above a very good yield of honey considering the circumstances 

 under which it was stored and the extra grade which he secured, which confirms in his case 

 two of the claims for this hive — namely, more honey and better honey. 



Ceeveland, O., Jan. 26, 1907. 



Please send me by next electric-package car pounds of extra fancy comb honey. 



This must be in Danzenbaker sections, as I can not use any other kind. This must look 

 nice, as I am building up a trade for a fine grade of honey. I should like the sections filled 

 out to the edge with seldom or never an empty cell. In the fancy honey you sent me in 

 4iX4i sections, about half had some empty cells and hollow places around the edge. 



Yours very truly, Theodore F. Ensign. 



The last letter above shows the feeling of dealers with reference to an extra fancy 

 honey. It is all well enough to say that if honey is of good quality, and well capped over, 

 nothing more is desired. There is, nevertheless, a difference of one to two cents per pound 

 between an ordinary fancy and an extra fancy honey such as is usually secured with the 

 Danzenbaker hive. 



Remember the prizes offered for results obtained from the use of the Danzenbaker hive 

 this season. For particulars see page 80, issue for Jan. 15. Send in your name, stating 

 that you wish to try for the Danzenbaker prizes, mentioning in which classes you expect to 

 compete. You can change at any time, up to the time the report is made, the classes in 

 which you will compete. 



^he A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio 



