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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



be more desirable. Last spring, when I 

 had the loss of bees over at Port Huron, 

 some more up North, the snow was a foot 

 deep and the temperature below freezing 

 week after week, I will admit that I could 

 not help thinking how nice it must be to 

 have some business not dependent upon 

 the weather. Now, when we are filling 

 our empty hives with swarms, and piling 

 up super on super on some of the hives, 

 the bee business seems a pretty fair busi- 

 ness. On this subject of comparing one 

 business with another, and sticking to 

 your own business, even if it is not al- 

 ways all sunshine, there is a short edi- 

 torial in a recent issue of Green's Fruit 

 Grower, that contains some excellent ad- 

 vice. It reads as follows: — 



Persistency wins. A man who is easily 

 discouraged seldom accomplishes much. 

 When you consider the question you will 

 see that every business is profitable. If 

 a certain business were not profitable, 

 that particular business would be discon- 

 tinued, and no one would be left to follow 

 it. it is true that some lines of business 

 pay better than others, but all are profit- 

 able. The fact is, it is the man behind 

 the business who m.akes the business 

 profitable more than the business itself. 



Good management leads to success, but 

 there can be no management without per- 

 sistency. When you undertake a new 

 enterprise you will find that there are 

 drawbacks, hardships and discourage- 

 ments. It is under such circumstances 

 that persistency leads to success. Be 

 patient, industrious, economical and hope- 

 ful, but above all be persistent. In other 

 words, keep everlastingly at it. 



Do not worry. Do all you can to pro- 

 mote your enterprise, then wait patiently 

 for results. 



COMB VERSUS EXTRACTED HONEY. 



Some of the Reasons Why One Kind May 



Be More Profitable Than 



the Other. 



How often the question is asked me: 

 "Which is the more profitable to produce, 

 comb or extracted honey ?" There are 

 probably some locations in which one 



kind has little, if any, advantage over the 

 other, and it might be profitable to pro- 

 duce both kinds in the same apiary, but 

 there are locations and circumstances 

 where comb honey could not be produced 

 at a profit, as compared with extracted, 

 and vice versa. The profitable produc- 

 tion of com.b honey requires populous col- 

 onies, and an abundant flow of white 

 honey. A slow or intermittent flow, or a 

 dark honey, calls for the extracted form. 

 Out-yards can be much more easily man- 

 aged for extracted than for comb honey. 

 There are many more minor points, and I 

 think 1 have never seen the ground more 

 fully covered than it is in an article in 

 last Gleanings, from the pen of Mr. E. W- 

 Alexander, of New York. He says: - 



Frequently I receive letters from differ- 

 ent parties wishing to know which is the 

 more profitable to produce- comb or ex- 

 tracted honey. This, in some respects, is 

 a rather hard question to answer, for 

 much depends not only on the location 

 and season, but also on the man and his 

 methods. Rather than produce extracted 

 honey as some do I should prefer comb 

 honey. 



There are many localities where the 

 surplus is gathered so slowly, even in 

 good seasons, that it is almost impossible 

 to produce a nice quality of comb honey. 

 Then there are many seasons, even in 

 oood locations, when the surplus comes so 

 unevenly, by unfavorable conditions of 

 the atmosphere, that this, too, to a great 

 extent, prevents the securing of nice comb 

 honey. We all know that, the sooner the 

 sections can be filled and well capped, 

 then removed from the bees, the nicer will 

 the honey appear. 



Some years ago, in conversation with 

 one of our principal honey-merchants, he 

 called my attention to a fine lot of comb 

 honey he had just received. Each section 

 was glassed on each side, and the combs 

 were as white as any new comb I ever 

 saw, I don"t think the sections could 

 have been on the hive more than ten days. 

 They were so white and free from travel- 

 stains he told me he could sell that honey 

 for 4 cents per lb. more than ordinary 

 honey, on account of its fine appearance. 



A location that will require the whole 

 summer in order that a colony can secure 

 30 or 40 lbs. of comb honey should never 

 be used to produce honey of that kind, for 

 only a rich harvest with strong colonies 

 and warm nights, so the bees will continue 



