324 THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



The Comb Honey Situation 



There is none too much comb honey of the table variety pro- 

 duced during 1915, and the producer has the saying of the price it 

 will bring him if he only takes advantage of the opportunity. Will 

 he do it ? We are afraid he will not in many cases, take advantage 

 of the short crop and good times to get the market price for his 

 goods. Remember, the price you sell at does not make much, if any 

 difference in the price it will be sold at from the grocery store, for 

 the dealer knows the scarcity of the comb honey crop and will ad- 

 vance the price as soon as he gets it into his hands. Try this year to 

 realize more for your crop of Number One and Fancy comb honey 

 than in the past. You can if you do a little "hustling." Others do 

 it, why not you ? 



Likely, a rubber stamp is as good as anything for stamping the 

 net weight upon individual sections. The A. I. Root Co., Medina, 

 Ohio are offering one that seems to answer the purpose very well 

 and the beauty of it is only costs 50c for a pad and three rubber 

 stamps. The three stamps read as follows: "Net weight not less 

 than 121/2 ounces," "Net weight not less than 11 ounces," "Net 

 weight not less than 10 ounces." The above with a set of small 

 spring scales completes the outfit. Order direct of the A. I. Root 

 Co., Medina, Ohio. 



The Sale of Honey 



The sale of our crop of extracted honey is of paramount consid- 

 eration at this time. That is, if one wants to get a good living price 

 for his product and it behooves us all to consider the proposition 

 well before disposing of our crop. You will (if you have "gump- 

 tion" enough to let the buyers know you have something to sell) 

 have offers and offers, for your product. Many of those offers will 

 not be satisfactory, still ( ?) we are afraid some will accept a small 

 offer, because they are offered their money by next mail after the 

 honey arrives. This is fine in itself, but after all, does not swell 

 the bank account satisfactorily. If you want to sell your extracted 

 honey in 60 lb cans, advertise it in some of the bee journals. As 

 nearly all honey buyers take some of the bee papers, you can reach 

 a goodly number of buyers in that way. This is the way we sell the 

 product of more than a thousand colonies each season, at prices 25 

 per cent higher than the jobbers are willing to pay for table honey. 

 This 25 per cent additional on your crop may spell the difference be- 



