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HONEY THAT WILL, KOT 

 GRANULATE. 



WrilUn for the American Bee Jourrml 



Query 529.— 1. Why is It that my honey 

 will uot granulate or candy? 1 would like to 

 have it do so. I have some that is five years 

 old, that is still liquid. It was well-ripened 

 before I extracted it ; I then put it into 6 and 

 10 gallon tin-cans, and let it stand with a very 

 thin piece of domestic tied over it. Occa- 

 sionally I took oil the cloth and skimmed It. 

 It was that way until winter, when I put the 

 top on. I have tried it in glass jars, still it re- 

 mains liquid. It will sometimes have some 

 grains in it in the winter, but when summer 

 comes, it all becomes liquid again. Our sum- 

 mers aie of more uniform temperature here 

 than in the North, the thermometer seldom 

 indicating 100° above zero, or seldom falls to 

 zero. 2. What can I do to make it granulate 

 thoroughly ?— Tennessee. 



I know of no remedy. I wish that 

 mine would act that way, but it does 



not.— G. M. DOOLITTLE.'i 



I have no receipt to cause honey to 

 granulate. Neither do I wish for one. 

 —J. M. Hambaugh. 



Honey from some bloom will uot 

 granulate, and I cannot tell you how 

 to make it do so.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1. Honey from some plants granu- 

 lates much more readily than that 

 from others. 2. I do not know. — M. 

 Mahin. 



We think that it was not ripe 

 enough. We have never seen ripe 

 honey that would not candy here, 

 unless it was heated. — Dadant & Son. 



I do not know. Ask a chemist. 

 Aerate it thoroughly, and put it into 

 an ice chest— J. M. Shuck. 



I cannot say. If it is pure honey, 

 and exposed to the air and cold, it 

 should granulate.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



You do not say from what source 

 the honey was gathered. Some kinds 

 o-rauuLate sooner than others. I should 

 not worry about that. I wish mine did 

 not granulate. I believe that custo- 

 mers generally prefer it in liquid 

 form. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Some kinds of honey will not 

 granulate. I saw some at the Ohio 

 State Convention, that was four years 

 old, and no signs of candying. 2. Try 

 putting it in vessels, preferably bar- 

 rels, that have had candied honey in 

 them, and have not been washed. — A. 

 B. Mason. 



1. No doubt your honey is from 

 some source which yields that kind 

 that does not granulate, or does not 

 granulate readily. 2. If it will gran- 

 ulate at all, bring it up North, and 

 stir it, and let it get a few weeks of 

 our zero weather. — James Heddon. 



I have never seen our spring and 

 summer honey granulate, but our fall 



honey gathered from September to 

 November always granulates at a tem- 

 perature of 30^, and remains so until 

 melted by heat. Probably if the honey 

 was subjected to a very cold degree, it 

 would granulate. — P. L. Viallon. 



Honey in different localities seems to 

 differ in this respect. My honey al- 

 ways granulates when cold weather 

 comes, and sometimes sooner. I know 

 of no way that it can be granidated 

 artificially. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Extracted honey is not apt to 

 candy if kept in a warm place, say 80'^. 

 2. Place the honey where it will freeze. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



1. The peculiar character of your 

 honey is undoubtedly owing to the 

 source from which it was gathered. 

 All kinds of honey do not candy, al- 

 though to do so is the rule. The riper 

 honej' is, the slower it is to candy. — 

 R. L. Taylor. 



Only tell us all how to get our honey 

 like yours. If you mix with it some 

 honey not well ripened, I think it may 

 granulate. Possibly the flowers from 

 which it was taken, are at the root of 

 the matter. — C C. Miller. 



1. I cannot give you just the rea- 

 sons why ; but I wish my honey would 

 do as yours does, as I cannot sell gran- 

 ulated honey in my market. 2. Ex- 

 pose it to the light, and as cold as pos- 

 sible. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. This is one of those questions that 

 no one can answer. I might guess a 

 dozen things, and be wrong. Why 

 not be contented with your honey as 

 it is ? Many of us would give much 

 to know how to bring about this very 

 state of things. The temperature 

 probably has much to do with the mat- 

 ter. — J. E. Pond. 



I think it is in the nature of the 

 honey, and I know of no way to secure 

 granulation. I have honey from Cali- 

 fornia and Louisiana — apparently nice 

 honey — that has never shown any signs 

 of crystallization even in oiu' coldest 

 winters. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Honey seems to be a combination 

 of sweets, and it depends upon the 

 combination as to how soon, and un- 

 der what conditions honey will granu- 

 late. The fact is, honey in a tempera- 

 ture as high as is natural to the imme- 

 diate brood-nest, will never granulate. 

 This proves that granulation is the re- 

 .sult of low temperature, and some 

 honeys are more susceptible to the 

 cause, than some others. I have sam- 

 ples of honey running back to 18CT, 

 and two or three out of the number 

 have never granulated, and the quality 

 cannot be excelled. 2. Just let your 

 honey alone. I wish that my honey 

 would never granulate. — G. W. Dem- 

 aree. 



Your honey was either gathered 

 from different kinds of flowers, or it 

 was not ripe when extracted. To ex- 

 pose extracted honey to the air and 

 cold will almost universally cause it to 

 granulate. The exceptions are rare, 

 and usually with some inferior quali- 

 ties. — The Editor. 



€OinBSFRo:n foul-broody 



APIARIES. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 530.— 1. Foul brood exists in some 

 apiaries in this locality. If I buy the comb of 

 the extinct apiaries, and render it in a Cary 

 wax-press in my bee-room, do I run mucb 

 risk of introducing foul brood to my own 

 apiary of 73 colonies of healthy bees ? 2. If 

 so.what precautions are necessary ?— Apiarist. 



I would not risk it. — M. Mahin. 

 I should hardly think there would 

 be any risk. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. You do. You had better spend 

 your time, money and energy in some 

 other way. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



No, not with caution. The impor- 

 tant thing is to be sure that the bees 

 get no honey from the combs. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



I have had no experience whatever 

 with foul brood. I would be extremely 

 cautious. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



We had rather not buy that comb, 

 unless it was rendered into wax at the 

 place where it is bought. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



I have never had, nor have I seen 

 a case of foul brood, and I am not 

 sorry of my ignorance, from what I 

 have heard of the disease. — P. L. 

 Viallon. 



You do. If you must purchase, do 

 all your handling of them after night, 

 and burn up all refuse. — J. P. H. 

 BroVn. 



I know nothing about foul brood 

 from experience, but I would not want 

 to run even that much risk. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



I do not know anything about foul 

 brood. Our best books on apiculture 

 treat of it. — J. M. Shuck. 



I would have nothing to do with 

 frames that had been exposed to foul 

 brood. If you value the bees you 

 have, you cannot be too careful. — C. 

 H. Dibbern. 



I have had no experience with foul 

 brood, but I should not risk it. I 

 would prefer to go to the apiary where 

 the foul brood is, and extract the wax. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



Yes, you do run a great risk. If you 

 have anything to do with it, go to the 

 place where the combs are, and melt 

 them there, and do not bring anything^ 

 but the wax away. — H. D. Cutting. 



