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THE BEjE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Editor Review: — I intend to get 

 a large honey extractor. Which 

 would you recommend the 6 or 8 

 frame? I expect to run it by hand 

 at the start but may get an en- 

 gine later. 



What do you thing about the 

 Peterson capping melter? If it is 

 not advisable to uncap Into it, it 

 might pay to melt the capping after 

 they drain for a few days. I wast- 

 ed about $25.00 worth of honey 

 this year because I had no means 

 of getting it all out of the cap- 

 pings. 



Yours truly, 

 F. E. MATZKE. 



(Friend Matzke: — It has been 

 our experience that the larger the 

 extractor the more work would be 

 accomplished in a given time. With 

 our system of working, we cannot 

 very well use an extractor larger 

 than the 4-frame size. We usually 

 work a "gang" of three men dur- 

 ing extracting time. Those three 

 men will usually carry in, uncap 

 and handle the honey about as 

 fast as two 4-frame extractors 

 would throw out the honey, so if 

 one was in a position to have two 

 helpers, other things being equal, 

 would think the 8-frame size 

 would be none too large. But say: 

 You will need the engine from the 

 start with an 8-frame size of ex- 

 tractor, the 4-frame being about 

 the "limit" of hand power. 



The Peterson capping melter is 

 a fine thing, but not for what it 

 was intended. We use the Town- 

 send uncapping box, then after the 

 honey is through draining from 

 the capping, they are run through 

 the Peterson melter. In this waj- 

 of handling our honey we are sure 

 of getting it in the very best pos- 

 sible shape, with aroma retained, 

 than by melting the cappings later 

 we get $50 to $75 worth of baker 

 stock of honey each year, that 

 used to be thrown out when ren- 

 dering our wax, as you say you lost 

 $25 worth this year. With us the 

 Peterson capping melter pays for 

 itself about four times each year, 

 and is good for many years' ser- 

 vice. Bee-keepers who extract one 

 thousand pounds of honey per year 

 cannot afford to be without some 

 kind of a capping melter, for they 

 will lose more than the cost during. 

 a period of two years. Ed) 



Bees 



Michigan is notably a honey pro- 

 ducing state. In 1910 bees were 

 reported on 16,892 farms or 8.1 per 

 cent of the whole number. There 

 were 115,274 colonies, valued at 

 $446,464. In 1909 Michigan pro- 

 duced 2,507,810 pounds of honey 

 and 28,524 pounds of wax, with a 

 total valuation of $29 6,742 (rank- 

 ing second). Michigan's tree, crop, 

 wild plant and weed growth is of 

 a character eminently suited for 

 honey production, furnishing an 

 ever changing source of supply 

 throughout the season. 



Classified Department 



Notices vfill be inserted in this department 

 at ten cents per line. Minimum charge will 

 be fifty Cents. Copy should be sent early 

 and may be for anything the bee-keeper has, 

 for sale or wants to buy. Be sure and say 

 you want y^ ur advertisement in this de- 

 partment. 



HONEY AND WAX 



SAGE HONEY— George B. Lariman, 

 1066 E. Calf. St., Pasadena, Calif. 



WANTED — Beeswax at 31c per lb. 

 JOHN O. BUSEMAN, 4141 N. 7th St., 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



WANTED- c omb extracted honey and 

 Deeswax. R. A. BUitAETT & CO., 173 

 tfo. Water St., Chicago. 



WANTED — Five or six tons of amber 



,'>nrt buckwheat extracted lioney. 



V1ENRY J. ZINN, 1135 Wyo Ave., Forty 

 Fort, Pa. 



WANTED— Glassed comb and ex- 

 '■-ated honey: also beeswax. JOHN O. 

 BUSEMAN, 4141 N. 7th St., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. 



HONEY WANTED- Send your sam- 

 ples, prices, quantities and how put up 

 and packed. We are paying 34c per 

 pound for nice bright yellow, clean 

 beeswax. CHAS. ISRAEL BROTHERS 

 CO., 486-490 Canal St., New York, Es- 

 tablished in 1875. 



WRITE US for prices on car lots of 

 Fine Alfalfa Extracted honey to be 

 delivered after Julv. Address MARTIN 

 BROTHERS, Lander, Wyoming. 



FOR SALE — Orange honey, 1914 crop. 

 Packed in 60-lb. cans, 2 in a case, net 

 weight. Price 9c per lb. Sample free. 

 JAMES McKBE, 559 Grand ave.. River- 

 side, Calif. 



