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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



We would certainly agree with him if this 

 was the case with a properly constructed 

 frame. Away with honey boards and nar- 

 row top bars for us. ( )ur top and bottom 

 bars are 1 1-2A inches wide and are spaced 

 1 1-8 inches from center to center ; and 

 when such frames are used for extracted 

 honey, filled and sealed, how nicely they do 

 uncp.p ! The top and bottom l)ars serve as 

 a guide for the knife. We believe as you do 

 in regard to the use of shallow frames for 

 extracted honey. 



Now, that nice extracted honey you speak 

 of and how to produce it : It is <iuite easy 

 to see how to produce it, hut how to sell it at 

 prices to justify our labor and compete with 

 honey "slung" from unsealed combs is not 

 quite so easily seen. No, we would not raise 

 the first case and put the empty one beneath, 

 but we would put the empty one on top. 

 Then what honey we get would be thoroughly 

 sealed, and we would leave it upon the hive 

 until we made a sale, or until the flow was 

 over. If we did not find sale for all our 

 crop it would be i)ut into the honey-house 

 in the condis until it was sold. We have 

 quite a lot to extract yet — its the kind of 

 honey you love so well. 



It is a very small job to extract when the 

 combs are all in right shape, and with an 

 extractor that will hold a case of nine frames 

 at once, and reverse combs without lifting 

 out. 



It is quite likely the day is not far distant 

 v.fheii you will see extracted honey on the 

 market branded : " Extracted Huncy from 

 Scaled Combs," as we now see comb honey 

 branded "Comb Honey Produced Without 

 Foundation." 



We are well aware of the cost of this kind 

 of a product, but when honey is placed be- 

 fore us at the table are we satisfied with any 

 other kind ? No : we like it as it flows from 

 the gate of the extractor — when it is at its 

 very best, — so far as flavor and richness are 

 concerned. And candied honey reduced to 

 a liquid, which iias been extracted from un- 

 sealed combs, is a very poor sulistitute for 

 that kind of honey you would have us pro- 

 duce. 



We know it is claimed that if honey is left 

 in the comb tliat it will candy. Yes, we 

 have had it candy in the hive, and the white 

 clover honey of last year granulated in three 

 weeks after extracting, but we now have 

 more than a ton of honey from this same 

 honey flow in the comb and it shows no sign 

 of granulation. We have never seen candied 

 honey reduced to a liquid that was equal to 

 its original liquid state, as to "aroma and 

 l)Ouquet." Candied honey, if re-liquifled, 

 will contain a great many fine, clear crystals 

 that will not dissolve at a low temperature, 

 and if you would have the honey remain 

 liquid any length of time it must be strained. 



To recapitulate : — Top and bottom bars of 

 proper width ansist in uncapping instead of 

 "greatly increasing the labor." Extracted 

 honey to be rich, oily and of fine flavor must 

 be sealed and ripened in the hive and left in 

 the comb in a warm room until a place is 

 found for it upon the market. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN. JUNE 10. IS9G 



Peksistent people begin their success where 

 others end in failure. 



THE MILLEB FOUNDATION FASTEN EK. 



We have used the Arthur C. Miller ma- 

 chine for fastening foundation into sections 

 just enough to know that it does a very 

 "slick" job, but will require a little prac- 

 tice to get the " hang " of the thing. By the 

 time that the July number is out we prob- 

 ably will have had more experience. 



TWENTY-FOUK PAGES THIS MONTTH. 



In order that we might tinish up the " Ex- 

 tracted Honey " discussion without running 

 the regular discussion over into the next 

 issue, we have added eight extra pages. 

 This is the second time we have been obliged 

 to add this number of extra pages in order 

 to print all that it seemed must be published. 

 The Review must certainly be enlarged 

 permanently with the end of the year. 



"bees AND HONET." 



We have to thank Bro. Newman, of the 

 .4. B. J. for a copy of the last (eighth) edi- 

 tion of his book: ''Bees aud Honey " which 

 is just out. Those who have seen only the 

 earlier editions of this work will be most 

 agreably surprised upon receiving a copy of 

 this new edition. It is larger, most beauti- 

 fully and substantially bound, largely re- 

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 the times, and certainly compares favorably 

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BEE ESCAPES. 



PlTTSFIELD, Ills., 



May 7, lSi)0. 



From proofs of "Rambler's" article we 

 cut the paragraph pei taining to bee escapes 

 and sent it to Messrs. Heddon, Reese, Green 



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